A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements

J. Tsibouklis; P. H. Richardson; A. M. Ahmed; R. W. Richards; W. J. Feast; S. J. Martin; D. D. C. Bradley; Mark Warner

doi:10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements

J. Tsibouklis^*, P. H. Richardson, A. M. Ahmed, R. W. Richards, W. J. Feast, S. J. Martin, D. D. C. Bradley, Mark Warner

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

A main-chain liquid-crystalline polymer based on an unsymmetrically disubstituted cyanostilbene has been synthesized and characterized. The polymer exhibited a highly birefringent nematic texture, followed at higher temperatures by a uniaxial nematic structure the scattering characteristics of which were two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those normally observed in liquid-crystalline materials. Thin solid films prepared by rapid cooling of the polymer in the monotropic state retained the molecular organization and scattering behaviour of this phase. A preliminary evaluation of the second-order nonlinear optical properties associated with these film structures was carried out by means of a crossed polarizer technique.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-162
Number of pages	4
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	61
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 1993

Access to Document

10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

Cite this

Tsibouklis, J., Richardson, P. H., Ahmed, A. M., Richards, R. W., Feast, W. J., Martin, S. J., Bradley, D. D. C., & Warner, M. (1993). A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements. Synthetic Metals, 61(1-2), 159-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

@article{309942544cc747edadca66de7b40f28c,

title = "A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements",

abstract = "A main-chain liquid-crystalline polymer based on an unsymmetrically disubstituted cyanostilbene has been synthesized and characterized. The polymer exhibited a highly birefringent nematic texture, followed at higher temperatures by a uniaxial nematic structure the scattering characteristics of which were two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those normally observed in liquid-crystalline materials. Thin solid films prepared by rapid cooling of the polymer in the monotropic state retained the molecular organization and scattering behaviour of this phase. A preliminary evaluation of the second-order nonlinear optical properties associated with these film structures was carried out by means of a crossed polarizer technique.",

author = "J. Tsibouklis and Richardson, \{P. H.\} and Ahmed, \{A. M.\} and Richards, \{R. W.\} and Feast, \{W. J.\} and Martin, \{S. J.\} and Bradley, \{D. D. C.\} and Mark Warner",

year = "1993",

month = nov,

day = "23",

doi = "10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O",

language = "English",

volume = "61",

pages = "159--162",

journal = "Synthetic Metals",

issn = "0379-6779",

publisher = "Elsevier BV",

number = "1-2",

}

Tsibouklis, J, Richardson, PH, Ahmed, AM, Richards, RW, Feast, WJ, Martin, SJ, Bradley, DDC & Warner, M 1993, 'A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements', Synthetic Metals, vol. 61, no. 1-2, pp. 159-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

TY - JOUR

T1 - A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene

T2 - synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements

AU - Tsibouklis, J.

AU - Richardson, P. H.

AU - Ahmed, A. M.

AU - Richards, R. W.

AU - Feast, W. J.

AU - Martin, S. J.

AU - Bradley, D. D. C.

AU - Warner, Mark

PY - 1993/11/23

Y1 - 1993/11/23

N2 - A main-chain liquid-crystalline polymer based on an unsymmetrically disubstituted cyanostilbene has been synthesized and characterized. The polymer exhibited a highly birefringent nematic texture, followed at higher temperatures by a uniaxial nematic structure the scattering characteristics of which were two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those normally observed in liquid-crystalline materials. Thin solid films prepared by rapid cooling of the polymer in the monotropic state retained the molecular organization and scattering behaviour of this phase. A preliminary evaluation of the second-order nonlinear optical properties associated with these film structures was carried out by means of a crossed polarizer technique.

AB - A main-chain liquid-crystalline polymer based on an unsymmetrically disubstituted cyanostilbene has been synthesized and characterized. The polymer exhibited a highly birefringent nematic texture, followed at higher temperatures by a uniaxial nematic structure the scattering characteristics of which were two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those normally observed in liquid-crystalline materials. Thin solid films prepared by rapid cooling of the polymer in the monotropic state retained the molecular organization and scattering behaviour of this phase. A preliminary evaluation of the second-order nonlinear optical properties associated with these film structures was carried out by means of a crossed polarizer technique.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027695740

U2 - 10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

DO - 10.1016/0379-6779(93)91216-O

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0027695740

SN - 0379-6779

VL - 61

SP - 159

EP - 162

JO - Synthetic Metals

JF - Synthetic Metals

IS - 1-2

ER -

A new main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer based on a substituted cyanostilbene: synthesis, thermo-optic observations and linear electro-optic effect measurements

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this