The growth of highly ordered textures in planar poly(γ-benzylglutamate) liquid crystals
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 7 (3) , 451-455
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678299008033821
Abstract
We have observed the growth of highly ordered textures in homogeneously aligned poly(γ-benzyl-glutamate) (PBG) liquid crystals as the polymer concentration increases. The textures are similar to the hexagonal columnar textures exhibited by recent studies on highly concentrated solutions of helical biological polymers. In a geometry of homeotropic alignment, no evidence of such texture growth was seen, which is probably due to strong binding interactions between PBG polymers and the substrates.Keywords
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