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Photo‐crosslinking in freely‐suspended films of ferroelectric lc‐polymers *
Author(s) -
Brehmer Martin,
Zentel Rudolf,
Reibel Jürgen,
Decher Gero
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19950071007
Subject(s) - materials science , elastomer , polymer , ferroelectricity , characterization (materials science) , thin film , piezoelectricity , liquid crystal , composite material , chemical engineering , ferroelectric polymers , polymer science , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , copolymer , dielectric , engineering
The combination of thin‐film and ferroelectric‐elastomeric properties —of interest for piezoelectric and nonlinear optical applications—is the aim in preparing freely‐suspended (FS) films from polymeric liquid‐crystal elastomers with SmC* phases. The preparation and characterization of such films from crosslinkable SmC* polymers is reported for the first time, together with their photo‐crosslinking and an investigation of the stabilization effect of the crosslinking.