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Electrorheological Effect of “Side‐on” Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxane
Author(s) -
Kaneko Kosuke,
Kawai Toshiaki,
Nakamura Naotake
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200800542
Subject(s) - side chain , liquid crystal , electric field , viscosity , liquid crystalline , polymer , materials science , phase (matter) , electrorheological fluid , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Electric field and viscosity: In expectation of a large electrorheological (ER) effect, the authors study a side‐on liquid crystalline polysiloxane compound and demonstrate that a larger ER effect occurs in the low‐viscosity nematic phase of “side‐on” liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) as compared to “side‐end” LCPs (see figure).