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Abstract
The properties of side chain polymeric liquid crystals in an electric field are described. The polymers investigated are (A) a polysiloxan-copolymer with Cl- and OCH3-end groups in the mesogenic side chains and (B) a polyacrylic ester homopolymer with a CN-group in the mesogenic side chain.
Applying the Fréedericksz-effect, the rise times and the passive decay times are determined. With the two-frequency technique, the active decay time is also obtained. The order of magnitude for the active decay time is about one second. The active decay time is approximately constant in a temperature region about 15 K below the clearing point.