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The rheological behavior of the cholesteric side-chain copolysiloxane whose two kinds of mesogenic groups consist of cholesteryl units and biphenyl benzoate units was investigated for three different compositions: 31:69, 35:65, 37:63 (in mol%). On the frequency dependence diagram of G′ for the copolymers at various temperatures, G′ decreases with decreasing frequency. The slope of G′ in a higher frequency region at lower temperatures (110°–130°C) is similar to that in the flow region of amorphous polymer melts. However, the slope of G′ in a lower frequency region at higher temperatures (140°–160°C) is relatively small, and the G′ curves in this region can not be superposed on to a single master curve. This deviation seems to be due to change in stability of the domain structure of the cholesteric phase. Furthermore, on the temperature dependence curve of G′, G′ showed a maximum near T c1 . This maximum of G′ curve seems to be caused by molecular organization of a blue phase.
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Yamaguchi, T., Iwamoto, Y. & Asada, T. Dynamic viscoelastic behavior of cholesteric liquid crystalline side-chain copolymers. Polymer Bulletin 25, 611–617 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293522
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