## Abstract The synthesis of the new chiral monomer 4‐(10‐undecylen‐1‐yloxy)biphenyl‐4′‐[(__S__)‐2‐methyl‐1‐bu‐ toxy]benzoate (M~1~), the nematic crosslinking agent biphenyl 4,4′‐bis(10‐undecylen‐1‐yloxybenzoate) (M~2~), and the corresponding liquid‐crystalline elastomer is described. The chemical
New side-chain nematic liquid crystalline elastomers containing smectic crosslinking units
✍ Scribed by Yan Guan; Yan Yu; Bao-Yan Zhang; Li-Feng Zhang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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