Abstract
Thermotropic columnar phases are mainly associated with, discotic or self-assembled polycatenar (multiple side-chain) mesogens. However, an important class of synthetic polymers, having no such mesogens or no traditional mesogens at all, also exhibit the hexagonal columnar phase. These range from main-chain staple polymers like polyethylene and Teflon to n-alkyl substituted siloxane, silane, phosphazene, peptide and cellulose polymers. A brief review is given with some details of phase behaviour of selected systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-168 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Volume | 396 |
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| State | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hexagonal phase
- Mesophase
- Poly(di-ethylsiloxane)
- Poly(phosphazenes)
- Poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
- Polyethylene
- Polymer liquid crystals
- Rotator phase