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Phase transition studies by thermal and thermooptical analysis of liquid crystals inserted into a polymeric matrix

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Phase transitions of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals (LC), either pure or inserted into a polymeric matrix. were investigated by using DSC and thermooptical analysis (TOA) techniques. The morphological structures of these LC, their stabilities in polymer film and their phase transitions were found to depend on the LC concentration and its distribution in the polymeric matrix. The polymer affects the LC ordering. leading to a decrease of the mesophase range.

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Phasenumwandlungen nematischer und cholesterinischer Flüssigkristalle (LC), in reiner Form oder in einer Polymermatrix dispergiert, wurden durch DSC und thermooptische Analyse (TOA) untersucht. Die morphologische Struktur, ihre Stabilität im Polymerenfilm, und die Phasenumwandlungen hängen von der Konzentration und Verteilung des LC in der Polymermatrix ab. Die Polymermatrix beeinträchtigt die Ordnung im LC, was zu einer Verkleinerung des kristallin-flüssigen Bereichs führt.

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The authors wish to express their thanks to the Physics Institute of the Technical University for the supply of LC samples.

This work was supported by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Project CPBP 01.14.

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Mucha, M., Kryszewski, M. Phase transition studies by thermal and thermooptical analysis of liquid crystals inserted into a polymeric matrix. Journal of Thermal Analysis 33, 1177–1184 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01912747

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