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Small molecules with geometrical form-anisotropy and high polarizability may exhibit, besides the well-known crystalline and isotropic (liquid) phases, one or more liquid crystalline phases. If these molecules are attached to a polymer backbone, i.e. a polysiloxane chain by a flexible spacer, liquid crystalline phases are still present. The temperature range in which the liquid crystalline phases are stable may widen and liquid crystalline phases may even appear when the small molecular species exhibit only a crystalline phase. Studies with liquid crystalline side-chain polymers show that optical properties and the orientation function remain almost the same1,2 as compared to the small molecular species.
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Zugenmaier, P., Mügge, J. (1985). Structural Investigations on Liquid Crystalline Side-Chain Polymers. In: Chapoy, L.L. (eds) Recent Advances in Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4934-8_18
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