A series of novel side chain liquid crystalline polyacrylates with pendant chiral groups were
synthesized. It was found that monomers with electron releasing–OC4H9 terminal groups …

To investigate the effect of spacer length and linkages between the rigid mesogenic core
and the terminal group on the molecular interaction and physical properties of polymers, two …

A series of photoactive liquid crystalline polyester epoxies incorporating bisbenzylidene
segments as photoactive mesogenic cores were synthesized by polyaddition of diepoxy …

In order to investigate the chiral effect of cholesteryl pendant groups on the induction of the
cholesteric phase, a new cholesteryl-containing liquid crystalline monomer was synthesized …

Two different series of symmetrical and asymmetrical azobenzenes containing terminal
cholesteryl/adamantyl derivatives (SAC/SAA and AAC) with varying spacer lengths (alkyl …

A series of main chain photoactive liquid crystalline polyethers, containing rigid
bisbenzylidene photoactive mesogen and flexible methylene spacers, were synthesized by …

Two novel liquid crystalline epoxy resins (LCER) based on bisphenol‐S mesogen, 4, 4′‐
Bis‐(2, 3‐epoxypropyloxy)‐sulfonyl bis (1, 4‐phenylene)(p‐BEPSBP) and sulfonyl bis (4, 1 …

A new series of side chain methacrylate monomers with a three phenyl ring core connected
by an ester with a terminal alkoxy chain and hexamethylene spacer are synthesized by a …

A series of novel liquid crystalline monomers and polymers incorporating phenylbenzoate or
phenylcinnamate segments as mesogenic cores have been synthesized to investigate the …

In order to study the photoreactivity and the optical properties of liquid crystalline copolymers
with multiple photochromic groups, a series of novel liquid crystalline binary and ternary …