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First observation of a smectic A–cholesteric phase transition in a thermotropic liquid crystal consisting of a rigid-rod helical polysilane

Kento Okoshi Corresponding author Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Anubhav Saxena Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Masanobu Naito Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Goro Suzaki Department of Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Masatoshi Tokita Department of Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Junji Watanabe Department of Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Michiya Fujiki Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan; CREST-JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Pages 279-283 | Received 19 Dec 2002, Accepted 20 Oct 2003, Published online: 19 May 2010

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Kento Okoshi, Takahiro Hagihara, Michiya Fujiki & Junji Watanabe. (2010) Anomalous thermotropic liquid crystalline phase behaviour in poly[n-decyl-(RS)-2-methylbutylsilane]s with narrow molecular weight distributions. Liquid Crystals 37:9, pages 1183-1190.
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Michiya Fujiki, Shun Okazaki, Nor Azura Abdul Rahim, Takumi Yamada & Kotohiro Nomura. (2021) Synchronization in Non-Mirror-Symmetrical Chirogenesis: Non-Helical π–Conjugated Polymers with Helical Polysilane Copolymers in Co-Colloids. Symmetry 13:4, pages 594.
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Itsuki Kato, Katsuhiko Sunahara & Kento Okoshi. (2019) Smectic–Smectic Phase Segregation Occurring in Binary Mixtures of Long and Short Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilanes. Macromolecules 52:3, pages 1134-1139.
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Takuya Tanaka, Itsuki Kato & Kento Okoshi. (2018) Effect of Side Chain Length on Segregation of Squalane between Smectic Layers Formed by Rod-Like Polysilanes. Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 7:1, pages 1-6.
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Kento Okoshi. 2016. Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Liquid Crystalline Polymers 501 515 .
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Kento Okoshi, Michiya Fujiki & Junji Watanabe. (2012) Asymmetrically Tilted Alignment of Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilanes on a Rubbed Polyimide Surface. Langmuir 28:10, pages 4811-4814.
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Kyohei Otsuka, Shintaro Ishida & Soichiro Kyushin. (2012) A Light-emitting Liquid Crystal Containing p -Terphenyl and an Alkylsilyl Group . Chemistry Letters 41:3, pages 307-309.
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Kento Okoshi & Junji Watanabe. (2010) Alternating Thick and Thin Layers Observed in the Smectic Phase of Binary Mixtures of Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilanes with Different Molecular Lengths. Macromolecules 43:12, pages 5177-5179.
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Eiji Yashima, Katsuhiro Maeda, Hiroki Iida, Yoshio Furusho & Kanji Nagai. (2009) Helical Polymers: Synthesis, Structures, and Functions. Chemical Reviews 109:11, pages 6102-6211.
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Kento Okoshi, Akiko Suzuki, Masatoshi Tokita, Michiya Fujiki & Junji Watanabe. (2009) Entropically-Driven Formation of Smectic A1, A2, and A3 phases in Binary Mixtures of Rigid-Rod Helical Polysilanes with Different Molecular Weights. Macromolecules 42:10, pages 3443-3447.
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Hideki Oka, Goro Suzaki, Susumu Edo, Akiko Suzuki, Masatoshi Tokita & Junji Watanabe. (2008) Structural Characteristics of Thermotropic SmA Layer Phase Formed from Rigid-Rod Polysilanes. Macromolecules 41:21, pages 7783-7786.
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Erik Schwartz, Heather J. Kitto, René de Gelder, Roeland J. M. Nolte, Alan E. Rowan & Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen. (2007) Synthesis, characterisation and chiroptical properties of ‘click’able polyisocyanopeptides. J. Mater. Chem. 17:19, pages 1876-1884.
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