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Polymerizable Bent‐Core Mesogens: Switchable Precursors to Ordered, Polar Polymer Materials
Author(s) -
Sentman Alan C.,
Gin Douglas L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200250680
Subject(s) - mesogen , bent molecular geometry , materials science , polymer , polar , schematic , polarization (electrochemistry) , core (optical fiber) , electric field , liquid crystal , pyroelectricity , ferroelectricity , liquid crystalline , optoelectronics , composite material , chemistry , physics , electronic engineering , dielectric , quantum mechanics , astronomy , engineering
Robust noncentrosymmetric polymer networks with a net polarization and bulk pyroelectric properties are achieved by aligning a polymerizable bent‐core mesogen in the liquid‐crystalline state and cross‐linking under a static electric field (see schematic representation).
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