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Front Cover: Macromol. Rapid Commun. 16/2004
Author(s) -
Goto Hiromasa,
Akagi Kazuo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200490031
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , thermotropic crystal , materials science , pedot:pss , polymerization , front cover , conductive polymer , polymer , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , cover (algebra) , optoelectronics , composite material , liquid crystalline , mechanical engineering , engineering
Front Cover: An image of an optically active poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT * ) film prepared by an electrochemical polymerization method in a chiral nematic liquid crystal field is shown. The chiral nematic liquid crystal used here provides a sequential chiral pattern as a molecular mold during the polymerization, and the polymer grows in the three‐dimensional chiral field to form a one‐handed helical structure. This simple method provides a new technique for preparing chiral conducting films in a thermotropic chiral liquid crystal field. Further details can be found in the Communication by H. Goto and K. Akagi * on page 1482.