DOI

The paper deals with an unusual Kerr constant behaviour of comb-like liquid crystalline polysiloxanes in solutions of organic solvents near the critical temperature of stratification. There were observed Kerr constant grows by three orders in magnitude and sign inversion in this thermal region. Pretransitional phenomenon in solutions was explained by formation of a stable aggregates with a high degree of intermolecular ordering. It was shown that a sign of supermolecular Kerr effect is directly connected with the polar properties of polymer mesogenic groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-270
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume3319
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
EventLiquid Crystals: Chemistry and Structure - Zakopane, Poland
Duration: 3 Mar 19978 Mar 1997

    Research areas

  • Anisotropy of polarizability, Comb-like liquid crystalline polymer, Kerr effect, Solution

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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