Phase transitions in mixtures of a nematic polymer and chiral nematic liquid crystals which form blue phases.

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Abstract

Phase diagrams of mixts. of an acrylate-based nematic side-chain polymer and chiral nematics, which form blue phases, were deduced from polarized light microscopy. The blue phase can be used as a probe of miscibility since it is sensitive to small amts. of impurities. Miscibility appears to be enhanced by the flexibility of the parent compds. and dipole-dipole interaction; it is characterized by decreased transition temps. and stabilized phases. [on SciFinder (R)]

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Liquid crystals (cholesteric phase transitions in mixts. of a nematic polymer and chiral nematic liq. crystals which form blue phases) Liquid crystals (nematic phase transitions in mixts. of a nematic polymer and chiral nematic liq. crystals which form blue phases) Miscibility Phase diagram Polymer morphology (phase transitions in mixts. of a nematic polymer and chiral nematic liq. crystals which form blue phases) Liquid crystals (transitions phase transitions in mixts. of a nematic polymer and chiral nematic liq. crystals which form blue phases)

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