Optical properties of side-chain liquid crystal copolymers of monosubstituted cholesteryl itaconate and a non-chiral mesogen

JMG Cowie, HW Hunter

Index: Cowie, J. M. G.; Hunter, H. W. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 73, p. 1811 - 1817

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Abstract

New mono-and disubstituted cholesteryl derivatives of itaconic acid have been prepared and their thermotropic liquid crystalline behaviour examined. The monosubstituted derivative has been homopolymerized, and also copolymerized with a non-chiral mesogen 4-cyanophenyl-4'-(6-acryloyl oxyhexyloxy) benzoate. Examination of the series of copolymers prepared, using differential scanning calorimetry and hot-stage polarizing ...