Photopolymerization of a Liquid Crystalline Monomer
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
- Vol. 157 (1) , 639-650
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948808080260
Abstract
Photopolymerization of a liquid crystalline methacrylate monomer containing a cholesteryl moiety was conducted in different phase states of the monomer. The polymerization rate, followed with a modified differential scanning calorimeter, was highest in the cholesteric (Ch) phase and least in the crystalline (K) state. Apparently the polymerization rate depends both on the ordering and the mobility of the monomer.Keywords
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