This review collects recent developments in the field of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs)
with an emphasis on their use for actuator and sensor applications. Several synthetic …

This critical review covers the recent progress in the research of mesogen-jacketed liquid
crystalline polymers (MJLCPs), special side-on side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with …

Free-standing anisotropic side chain liquid crystalline elastomer films have been prepared
using mesogens with laterally affixed polymerizable side chains. We present data on two …

We report the synthesis and physical studies of a liquid crystalline elastomer fiber consisting
of two side-chain liquid crystalline acrylates and a nonmesogennic comonomer side group …

The phase structures and transition behaviors of a series of mesogen-jacketed liquid
crystalline (LC) polymers, poly {2, 5-bis [(4-methoxyphenyl) oxycarbonyl] styrenes}(PMPCS) …

This chapter focuses on recent developments in the field of liquid crystalline elastomers
(LCEs) that bring these materials closer to the world of real applications, concentrating on …

The combination of rubber elasticity and anisotropic liquid crystalline order of liquid
crystalline elastomers (LCEs) gives rise to exceptional physical properties, unknown for …

CHAIN CONFORMATION OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POL’YMERS STUDIED BY SMALL-ANGLE
NEUTRON SCATTERING Page 1 Prog. Polym. Sri., Vol. 22.795828, 1997 0 1997 Elsevier …

A novel poly [di (4-heptyl) vinylterephthalate] has been synthesized based upon a free
radical polymerzation from a newly designed monomer having a nonmesogenic template …

In contrast to their hydrocarbon analogues which exhibit only nematic mesophases, poly {5-
[[[2 ', 5 '-bis [(4 ''-(n-(dimethylsiloxyl) alkoxy) benzoyl) oxy] benzyl] oxy] carbonyl] bicyclo [2.2 …