Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.365, 1287-1294, 2001
Synthesis and properties of ferroelectric liquid crystalline poly (p-phenylenevinylene) derivatives
Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) derivatives with ferroelectric liquid crystallinity were synthesized by substituting fluorine-containing chiral liquid crystalline (LQ groups into the side chains, The di-substituted monomer showed various LC phases such as chiral nematic (N*), twist grain boundary A (TGBA), and chiral smectic C (S-C*) phases, The PPV polymers showed a stable enantiotropic S-C* phase characteristic of ferroelectricity, as well as a fluorescence.