Abstract
In-situ photopolymerization of liquid-crystalline networks offers the opportunity to fix the molecular organisation of any LC phase in a thin plastic film. In addition to that, one has access to a number of additional techniques to affect the molecular organisation during or after the polymerization process which makes it possible to create odd molecular architectures in a controlled way. A number of these techniques are discussed in this paper.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-523 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Volume | 261 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The author gratefully acknowledge his colleagues at Philips research R.A.M. Hikmet, J. Lub, M.C.B.A. Michielsen, G.N. Mol, C.J.E. Seppen, J.H. van der Veen, I. Heynderickx, H.M.J. Boots , J.A.M. van Haaren, Y. Camps, H. de Koning and C.M.R. de Witz and M. RochB of the Technical University Eindhoven who all contributed to the results presented in this paper. Part of the work is carried out within the APOCALIPS project sponsored by the European Commission under BRITE-EuRam, Contract BE 2-CT92-0202 /Project # BE5363.