Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Poly meta-phenylene

1 Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Poly(meta-phenylene) 

It is worth noting that the orientation force, Ffe), dne to the interaction between an ordinary LC molecule and an electric field, E, is expressed by the following 

The response time of 1 s in Poly-8 is much smaller than those observed for ordinary LC conjugated polymers (approximately 20-30 min for complete alignment) in N-LC or smectic (Sm LC) phases under an electric field [62]. Note that 

2 Dynamic Switching of Linearly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Liquid Crystalline Photoresponsive Conjugated Polymers 

In addition to investigating ferroelectric liquid crystalline conjugated polymers with dynamic switching functionahties under an electric field, our group has also developed photoresponsive liquid crystalline conjugated polymers with dynamic switching of linearly and circularly polarized luminescence. This was accomplished through the use of a photoisomerizable moiety in the polymer side chain. 

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