Molecular dynamics and macroscopic alignment properties of thermotropic liquid-crystalline side chain polymers as studied by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 3 (6-7) , 861-879
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678298808086544
Abstract
It is shown that dielectric relaxation spectroscopy provides a convenient means of studying the anisotropic reorientational dynamics of the mesogenic head groups in thermotropic liquid-crystalline side chain polymers. Their alignment behaviour in directing a.c. electric fields of different amplitudes and frequencies is examined, and samples having a macroscopic alignment which is fully homeotropic, fully planar or any desired intermediate alignment have been prepared. The nature and extent of alignment in such samples has been determined by dielectric spectroscopy. In addition both the temperature and pressure variations of the average dielectric relaxation times for certain relaxation processes have been determined and a bulk alignment phenomenon in the absence of a directing electric field is reported.Keywords
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