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Anisotropic Polyion‐Complex Gels from Template Polymerization
Author(s) -
Shigekura Y.,
Chen Y. M.,
Furukawa H.,
Kaneko T.,
Kaneko D.,
Osada Y.,
Gong J. P.
Publication year - 2005
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.200500707
Subject(s) - materials science , polarizer , birefringence , liquid crystal , monomer , swelling , anisotropy , polymerization , polymer , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , optics , optoelectronics , physics , engineering
Anisotropic gels containing a very small amount of liquid crystals have been prepared. The gels exhibit strong birefringence, even after swelling, under crossed polarizers, although the monomer solutions do not (see Figure). The swollen gels have a liquid‐crystal concentration ( C LC ) of only 0.14 wt.‐%.