Liquid Crystals · 1990 · 22 citations · 13 references
Materials SciencePolymer MaterialEngineeringKinetic PropertiesPhotochemistryPolymer ScienceLiquid Crystalline ElastomerOrganic ChemistryPolymer PropertyPhotopolymer NetworkChemistrySupramolecular PhotochemistryPhotochromismSupramolecular PolymerPolymer ChemistryPolymer SynthesisPolymers
Abstract Side-chain liquid crystal polyacrylates and polysiloxanes containing different photochromic spironaphthoxazine side groups were synthesized. Thermodynamic, spectral and kinetic properties of the polymers were investigated. The structure of the mesophase is discussed.
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