Kinetics of polymerization and properties of polymeric thin films generated from macroscopically oriented liquid crystalline monomers

Charles E. Hoyle; Joe B. Whitehead Jr.; E. Brister; Tsuyoshi Watanabe

doi:10.1117/12.166300

20 January 1994 Kinetics of polymerization and properties of polymeric thin films generated from macroscopically oriented liquid crystalline monomers

Charles E. Hoyle, Joe B. Whitehead Jr., E. Brister, Tsuyoshi Watanabe

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Proceedings Volume 2042, Photopolymers and Applications in Holography, Optical Data Storage, Optical Sensors, and Interconnects; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166300
Event: Optics Quebec, 1993, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A trimolecular liquid crystalline mixture of monomers was photopolymerized while being subjected to macroscopic orientation via surface contact or continuous application of a magnetic field. Polymerization kinetics were not influenced by the macroscopic orientation, and crosslinked networks were rapidly produced. Both IR dichroism measurements and x-ray diffraction analysis indicated that oriented networks were generated when polymerization was conducted from a nematic phase.

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Charles E. Hoyle, Joe B. Whitehead Jr., E. Brister, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe "Kinetics of polymerization and properties of polymeric thin films generated from macroscopically oriented liquid crystalline monomers", Proc. SPIE 2042, Photopolymers and Applications in Holography, Optical Data Storage, Optical Sensors, and Interconnects, (20 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166300

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