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Abstract
Photopolymerizable three-ring phenylacetylene (3PA) liquid crystalline compounds were synthesized and the physical properties of the monomers and polymers were characterized in the expectation of obtaining high birefringence polymers. 3PA monomers containing acrylate substituents exhibited enantiotropic nematic phases and high δn values of around 0.35. Homogeneous alignment was retained after polymerization and high values of δn (~0.34) for the polymers were obtained. The orientation of the monomers at the photopolymerization temperature was almost fixed, such that δn and the order parameter of the polymers varied with the polymerization temperature.