Title of article
The first example of a liquid crystalline side-chain polymer with bent-core mesogenic units: ferroelectric switching and spontaneous achiral symmetry breaking in an achiral polymer
Author/Authors
Tschierske، Carsten نويسنده , , Keith، Christina نويسنده , , Reddy، R. Amaranatha نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
-870
From page
871
To page
0
Abstract
A dimethylsiloxane diluted polysiloxane side chain co-polymer with non-chiral banana-shaped mesogenic units shows an optically isotropic ferroelectric switching polar smectic C phase (SmCPF) consisting of a conglomerate of homogeneously chiral domains with opposite handedness.
Keywords
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Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS - LETCHWORTH
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS - LETCHWORTH
Record number
69497
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