Electrorheological Effect of “Side‐on” Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxane

Abstract

Electric field and viscosity: In expectation of a large electrorheological (ER) effect, the authors study a side-on liquid crystalline polysiloxane compound and demonstrate that a larger ER effect occurs in the low-viscosity nematic phase of “side-on” liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) as compared to “side-end” LCPs (see figure).