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Cooperativity and Transfer of Chirality in Liquid‐Crystalline Polymers
Author(s) -
Wulff Günter,
Schmidt Harald,
Witt Hartmut,
Zentel Rudolf
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199401881
Subject(s) - mesogen , chirality (physics) , chromophore , cooperativity , polymer , phase (matter) , side chain , liquid crystalline , materials science , liquid crystal , chemical physics , crystallography , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , biochemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
A special transfer of chirality through space was observed for polymers of type 1 , the first liquid‐crystalline polyvinyl compounds that derive their chirality and optical activity from the configuration of the main chain. The influence of chiral arrangements at the main chain (by variation of R 1 ) on the chromophores of the mesogenic, achiral side groups, and on the formation of the liquid‐crystalline phase may thus be understood separately.