Cook, Andrew G; Wardell, James L.; Brooks, Nicholas J.; Seddon, John M.; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Imrie, Corrie T.(Elsevier, 2012-10-01)
The synthesis and characterisation of a novel non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-[3-O-(d-glucopyranos-3-yl)]-8-[(4-methoxyazobenzene-4¿-oxy)] octane is reported. This exhibits glassy behaviour and a highly interdigitated ...
Cook, Andrew G.; Inkster, Rachel T.; Martinez-Felipe, Alfonso; Ribes Greus, María Desamparados; Hamley, Ian W.; Imrie, Corrie T.(Elsevier, 2012)
The homologous series of side chain liquid crystal polymers, the poly[¿-(4-methoxyazobenzene-4¿-oxy)alkyl methacrylate]s, has been prepared in which the length of the flexible alkyl spacer has been varied from 3 to 11 ...