Ensemble-Averaged Dynamic Light Scattering from Polymer-Stabilized Liquid Crystals
作者:
Pei-Yuan Liu,
AlexM. Jamieson,
L.C. Chien,
期刊:
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 348,
issue 1
页码: 187-205
ISSN:1058-725X
年代: 2000
DOI:10.1080/10587250008024806
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Polymer stabilized liquid crystal;Heterogeneous medium;Phase separation
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
We report measurements of the viscoelastic parameters associated with the twist distortion of polymer-stabilized liquid crystal materials (PSLC), made by polymerizing 4,4′-bis-(acryloyloxy)-1,1′-biphenylene (BAB) and 4-butoxybenzyl 4-[6-(methacryloyloxyl-hexyloxy]benzoate (BMB6) to form fibrous networks in a nematic liquid crystal solvent (4′-phenyl-4-cyanobiphenyl, 5CB). By varying the BAB/BMB6 ratio, the twist elastic constant, K22, and viscosity, γ1, were investigated over a range of crosslink densities using electric-field-dependent dynamic light scattering (EFDLS). In PSLC samples, the formation of a highly-crosslinked, phase-separated polymer network can lead to optically heterogeneous behavior of the EFDLS data. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate the ensemble-averaged EFDLS relaxation function through spatial averaging. The results show that the polymer network causes a change in the twist relaxation rate, depending on the cross-link density of the specimens. The twist viscosity was found to increase with decrease in cross-link density, which appears to occur because higher cross-link density causes collapse of the gel fibers and less interaction between the fibers and nematic medium.
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