Effect of chiral monomer containing D(+)-camphoric acid on the optical properties and phase behaviours of side-chain cholesteric liquid crystal polymers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ya-Ru Ma ◽  
Xue-Song Zhang ◽  
Xuan Xie ◽  
Yue-Jiao Huang ◽  
Xiao-Zhi He ◽  
...  
1996 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 735-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. GONIN ◽  
B. GUICHARD ◽  
M.C.J. LARGE ◽  
T. DANTAS DE MORAIS ◽  
C. NOËL ◽  
...  

In this paper we consider the behavior of a number of side chain liquid crystal polymers having the same mesogenic group and relate their liquid crystalline behavior to their polarization and nonlinear optical properties. We show that the liquid crystallinity of the materials results in an enhancement of the polar order over that of isotropic materials, in qualitative agreement with molecular statistical models.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uladzimir A. Hrozhyk ◽  
Svetlana V. Serak ◽  
Nelson V. Tabiryan ◽  
Timothy J. White ◽  
Timothy J. Bunning

Polymer ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1347-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.R. Mitchell ◽  
F.J. Davis ◽  
W. Guo ◽  
R. Cywinski

Polymer ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (17) ◽  
pp. 6423-6430 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bacilieri ◽  
U. Caruso ◽  
B. Panunzi ◽  
A. Roviello ◽  
A. Sirigu

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanqing Zhou ◽  
Sunqian Liu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Dong Yuan ◽  
Guofu Zhou

Polymer cholesteric liquid crystal (PCLC) flakes are gaining increasing interest for a wide variety of applications because of their unique optical properties and capabilities. Soft lithography is the most effective way to fabricate regularly shaped PCLC flakes. However, it is not easy to peel the flakes from the mold without breaking them. In order to peel the PCLC flakes from the patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mold in a convenient way, in this paper, a method of coating a layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) on a PDMS mold was proposed. The influence of the thickness of the PVA layer on the shape of the PCLC flakes and the release time from the PDMS mold were investigated. The results show that the presence of the PVA layer can speed up the release of the PCLC flakes and help maintain the shape effectively. Notably, the utilization of a PVA layer makes the PDMS mold recyclable. The influence of PCLC flake shape was also studied. This work will promote the development of switchable PCLC flake-based technologies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 11980
Author(s):  
Tengfei Miao ◽  
Xiaoxiao Cheng ◽  
Yilin Qian ◽  
Yaling Zhuang ◽  
Wei Zhang

Flexible construction of permanently stored supramolecular chirality with stimulus-responsiveness remains a big challenge. Herein, we describe an efficient method to realize the transfer and storage of chirality in intrinsically achiral films of a side-chain polymeric liquid crystal system by combining chiral doping and cross-linking strategy. Even the helical structure was destroyed by UV light irradiation, the memorized chiral information in the covalent network enabled complete self-recovery of the original chiral superstructure. These results allowed the building of a novel chiroptical switch without any additional chiral source in multiple types of liquid crystal polymers, which may be one of the competitive candidates for use in stimulus-responsive chiro-optical devices.


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