A giant polymer lattice in a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal

A giant polymer lattice in a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal

Ultrasmall-angle synchrotron X-ray scattering measurements showed that a three-dimensional polymer lattice of a few 100 nm order with body-centered cubic O(8-) symmetry was formed in a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal. We obtained clear experimental evidence that the polymer chains conde...

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Veröffentlicht in:Soft matter 2015-06, Vol.11 (23), p.4572-4575
Hauptverfasser: Kikuchi, H, Izena, S, Higuchi, H, Okumura, Y, Higashiguchi, K
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Sprache:eng
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Condensing
Disclinations
Lattices
Liquid crystals
Monomers
Synchrotrons
Three dimensional
X-rays
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Zusammenfassung:Ultrasmall-angle synchrotron X-ray scattering measurements showed that a three-dimensional polymer lattice of a few 100 nm order with body-centered cubic O(8-) symmetry was formed in a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal. We obtained clear experimental evidence that the polymer chains condensed selectively in the disclinations within the blue phase during photo-polymerization of monomers in the blue phase.
ISSN:1744-683X
1744-6848
DOI:10.1039/c5sm00711a