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Name HIRAOKA Kazuyuki

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2016-08-03

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Electric-Field-Induced Deformation of Chiral Smectic A Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers Composed of Cholesterol Derivative Mesogens

Summary

Liquid crystalline elastomers have been paid increasing attention as ideal materials for the investigation of piezoelectric and inverse-piezoelectric effects, because the polymer network prevents macroscopic flow, which disturbs the emergence of piezoelectricity in conventional low-molar-mass liquid crystals [1-5]. In this report, we focus on the chiral smectic A (SmA*) phase in which the electroclinic effect, namely the direct coupling of molecular tilt to the applied electric field, is expected.  Mechanical response to electric stimulation in a side-chain SmA* elastomer is investigated.

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26th International Liquid Crystal Conference

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Kazuyuki HIRAOKA, Hisashi KASHIMURA, and Shota KANESHIMA

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Ohio, USA

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2016

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