Effect of the different rigidity of the chiral crosslinker on phase behaviors of side-chain chiral liquid crystalline elastomers.

The article presents a study which examined the effect on phase behaviors of side-chain chiral liquid crystalline elastomers of the different rigidity of the chiral crosslinker. It investigated the chemical structure of the monomers and polymers. It found that the isotropization temperature values of PII series are higher than those of PI series.