Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.375, 353-361, 2002
Novel application of a photothermal technique on polymer/liquid crystal mixtures
The photopyroelectric technique (PPE) has been used to investigate phase transitions in polymer/liquid crystal systems. The sensitivity of measurements has allowed the detection of transitions from biphasic regions to isotropic single phase state. Equilibrium phase diagrams of these systems have been established on the basis of data recorded from the amplitude and phase of the PPE signal. Comparison was made with polarized optical microscopy (POM) results.