CHIRAL LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS - RECENT TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES IN SYNTHESIS AND ELECTROOPTICAL APPLICATIONS

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CHIELLINI, E
GALLI, G
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[1] Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Centro CNR Macromolecole Stereordinate e Otticamente Attive, Universit di Pisa, 56126 Pisa
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MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 1994年 / 254卷
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10.1080/10587259408036067
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
We briefly review several aspects of the syntheses and structures of chiral liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs), with emphasis on the established structure-property correlations. The current progress and future trends in their potential application in electrooptics are also outlined, with particular reference to the electrooptic effects in the smectic C* (ferroelectric) and smectic A* (electroclinic) phases of LCPs. We then present our most recent results in the synthesis and application of chiral LCPs, especially the linear electrooptic effects in chiral smectic A* and chiral nematic polymers.
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