Liquid Crystalline Side Chain Polymers Derived From Poly-acrylate, Poly-methyacrylate and Poly-α-chloroacrylate

Abstract

Interest in liquid crystalline side-chain polymers has grown tremendously in recent years because of their theoretical aspects and their potential applications. Over the past few years, a considerable research effort has been made in electro-optic display using nematic or smectic. A mesogenic side-chain polymers. On the other hand, non linear optical effects have been obtained with a nematic side-chain copolymer doped with a molecule exhibiting an extremely large molecular hyperpolarizability β and poled with a D.C. electricfield.