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Chirality in Liquid Crystal Elastomers

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Chirality in Liquid Crystals

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13.4 Conclusion

The coupling between the properties of conventional polymer networks and the properties of chiral liquid crystalline phases results in interesting, new opto- and electromechanical effects of the chiral liquid crystalline elastomers, as demonstrated by theoretical considerations and experiments. Knowledge about these new materials is still in its infancy. But the properties analyzed so far for these elastomers indicate promising aspects for application and are the basis for the new syntheses of optimized chiral liquid crystal networks.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, D-33098, Paderborn, Germany

    Heinz-Siegfried Kitzerow

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032, Marburg, Germany

    Christian Bahr

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Stein, P., Finkelmann, H. (2001). Chirality in Liquid Crystal Elastomers. In: Kitzerow, HS., Bahr, C. (eds) Chirality in Liquid Crystals. Partially Ordered Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21642-1_13

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