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A Versatile Preparation Route for Thin Free-Standing Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers
✍ Scribed by Ansgar Komp; Jürgen Rühe; Heino Finkelmann
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Summary: Thin films of nematic and cholesteric side‐chain polymers containing reactive benzophenone units can be macroscopically oriented by electric/magnetic fields or surface interactions. After UV‐irradiation, liquid single crystal elastomers (LSCEs) are formed. With this simple, new pathway, macroscopically ordered free‐standing LSCE films are easily accessible having a thickness in the range of about 100 nm to 100 μm as outlined in Figure.
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