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Ferroelectric liquid crystalline block copolymers
Author(s) -
Omenat Ana,
Hikmet Rifat A. M.,
Lub Johan,
van der Sluis Paul
Publication year - 1996
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.19960081107
Subject(s) - materials science , ferroelectricity , copolymer , polymer , liquid crystal , hysteresis , ferroelectric polymers , characterization (materials science) , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , composite material , condensed matter physics , physics , engineering , dielectric
Ferroelectric liquid crystal (LC) polymers have several advantages compared to low molecular weight ferroelectric LCs (as well as a few disadvantages). The synthesis, characterization, and physical properties of a ferroelectric LC homopolymer and a related new ferroelectric LC polymer system—consisting of a block copolymer with microdomain morphology—are reported. The nearly total absence of hysteresis indicates that the system is monostable, which could make such polymers suitable for display applications with active matrix addressing.