Switchable liquid-crystalline polymers based on the ferrocene-ferrocenium redox system
Author(s)
Date issued
2001
In
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol., Sect. A
No
362
From page
171
To page
175
Subjects
switchable liq crystal polymethacrylate oxidn iodine smectic polymethacrylate ferrocene ferrocenium redox
Abstract
A ferrocene-contg. side-chain liq.-cryst. polymethacrylate was oxidized with iodine into the corresponding ferrocenium polymeric species. The reduced polymer showed enantiotropic smectic C and smectic A phases. The oxidized polymer exhibited an enantiotropic nematic phase. The results described in this report confirm that ferrocene is a valuable redox-active unit for the design of switchable liq.-cryst. polymers. [on SciFinder(R)]
Publication type
journal article