materials. Recent application areas involve the blue phase stabilization in LC
display, organic thin-film transistor, and electromechanical system. Physical and
chemical approaches should be combined together for expanding the application
of anisotropic LC networks in various fields.
Acknowledgments Writing this review was supported BK21 PLUS program, Korea.
References
Artal MC, Ros MB, Serrano JL (2001) Antiferroelectric liquid-crystal gel. Chem Mater
13:2056–2067
Bae YJ, Yang HJ, Shin SH, Jeong KU, Lee MH (2011) A novel thin film polarizer from
photocurable non-aqueous lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal solutions. J Mater Chem
21:2074–2077
Chatani S, Kloxin CJ, Bowman CN (2014) The power of light in polymer science: photochemical
processes to manipulate polymer formation, structure, and properties. Polym Chem
5:2187–2201
Chen JW, Huang CC, Chao CY (2014) Supramolecular liquid-crystal gels formed by polyfluorenebased π-conjugated polymer for switchable anisotropic scattering device. ACS Appl Mater
Interfaces 6:6757–6764
Cheng SZD (2008) Phase transitions in polymers: the role of metastable states. Elsevier, Boston
Crivello JV, Reichmanis E (2014) Photopolymer materials and processes for advanced technologies. Chem Mater 26:533–548
Dai M, Picot OT, Verjans JMN, de HLT, Schenning APHJ, Peijs T, Bastiaansen CWM (2013)
Humidity-responsive bilayer actuators based on a liquid-crystalline polymer network. ACS
Appl Mater Interfaces 5:4945–4950
Dierking I (2000) Polymer network-stabilized liquid crystals. Adv Mater 12:167–181
Finkelmann H, Kock HJ, Rehage G (1981) Investigations on liquid crystalline polysiloxanes.
3. Liquid crystalline elastomers-a new type of liquid crystalline material. Makromol Chem
Rapid Commun 2:317–322
Hsieh TT, Hsieh KH, Simon GP, Tiu C, Hsu HP (1998) Effect of crosslinking density on the
physical properties of interpenetrating polymer networks of polyurethane and 2-hydroxyethyl
methacrylate-terminated polyurethane. J Polym Res 5:153–162
Ikeda T (2003) Photomodulation of liquid crystal orientations for photonic applications. J Mater
Chem 13:2037–2057
Jeong KU, Jang JH, Kim DY, Nah C, Lee JH, Lee MH, Sun HJ, Wang CL, Cheng SZD, Thomas EL
(2011) Three-dimensional actuators transformed from the programmed two-dimensional structures via bending, twisting and folding mechanisms. J Mater Chem 21:6824–6830
Jose BAS, Matsushita S, Moroishi Y, Akagi K (2011) Disubstituted liquid crystalline polyacetylene
derivatives that exhibit linearly polarized blue and green emissions. Macromolecules
44:6288–6302
Kang SW, Jin SH, Chine LC, Sprunt S (2004) Spatial orientational templating of semiconducting
polymers in a cholesteric liquid crystal. Adv Funct Mater 14:329–334
Kang DG, Kim DY, Park M, Choi YJ, Im P, Lee JH, Kang SW, Jeong KU (2015) Hierarchical
striped walls constructed by the photopolymerization of discotic reactive building blocks in the
anisotropic liquid crystal solvents. Macromolecules 48:898–907
Kato T, Hirai Y, Nakaso S, Moriyama M (2007) Liquid-crystalline physical gel. Chem Soc Rev
36:1857–1867
Kemiklioglu E, Hwang JY, Chien LC (2014) Stabilization of cholesteric blue phases using
polymerized nanoparticles. Phys Rev E 89:042502
4 Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
115
display, organic thin-film transistor, and electromechanical system. Physical and
chemical approaches should be combined together for expanding the application
of anisotropic LC networks in various fields.
Acknowledgments Writing this review was supported BK21 PLUS program, Korea.
References
Artal MC, Ros MB, Serrano JL (2001) Antiferroelectric liquid-crystal gel. Chem Mater
13:2056–2067
Bae YJ, Yang HJ, Shin SH, Jeong KU, Lee MH (2011) A novel thin film polarizer from
photocurable non-aqueous lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal solutions. J Mater Chem
21:2074–2077
Chatani S, Kloxin CJ, Bowman CN (2014) The power of light in polymer science: photochemical
processes to manipulate polymer formation, structure, and properties. Polym Chem
5:2187–2201
Chen JW, Huang CC, Chao CY (2014) Supramolecular liquid-crystal gels formed by polyfluorenebased π-conjugated polymer for switchable anisotropic scattering device. ACS Appl Mater
Interfaces 6:6757–6764
Cheng SZD (2008) Phase transitions in polymers: the role of metastable states. Elsevier, Boston
Crivello JV, Reichmanis E (2014) Photopolymer materials and processes for advanced technologies. Chem Mater 26:533–548
Dai M, Picot OT, Verjans JMN, de HLT, Schenning APHJ, Peijs T, Bastiaansen CWM (2013)
Humidity-responsive bilayer actuators based on a liquid-crystalline polymer network. ACS
Appl Mater Interfaces 5:4945–4950
Dierking I (2000) Polymer network-stabilized liquid crystals. Adv Mater 12:167–181
Finkelmann H, Kock HJ, Rehage G (1981) Investigations on liquid crystalline polysiloxanes.
3. Liquid crystalline elastomers-a new type of liquid crystalline material. Makromol Chem
Rapid Commun 2:317–322
Hsieh TT, Hsieh KH, Simon GP, Tiu C, Hsu HP (1998) Effect of crosslinking density on the
physical properties of interpenetrating polymer networks of polyurethane and 2-hydroxyethyl
methacrylate-terminated polyurethane. J Polym Res 5:153–162
Ikeda T (2003) Photomodulation of liquid crystal orientations for photonic applications. J Mater
Chem 13:2037–2057
Jeong KU, Jang JH, Kim DY, Nah C, Lee JH, Lee MH, Sun HJ, Wang CL, Cheng SZD, Thomas EL
(2011) Three-dimensional actuators transformed from the programmed two-dimensional structures via bending, twisting and folding mechanisms. J Mater Chem 21:6824–6830
Jose BAS, Matsushita S, Moroishi Y, Akagi K (2011) Disubstituted liquid crystalline polyacetylene
derivatives that exhibit linearly polarized blue and green emissions. Macromolecules
44:6288–6302
Kang SW, Jin SH, Chine LC, Sprunt S (2004) Spatial orientational templating of semiconducting
polymers in a cholesteric liquid crystal. Adv Funct Mater 14:329–334
Kang DG, Kim DY, Park M, Choi YJ, Im P, Lee JH, Kang SW, Jeong KU (2015) Hierarchical
striped walls constructed by the photopolymerization of discotic reactive building blocks in the
anisotropic liquid crystal solvents. Macromolecules 48:898–907
Kato T, Hirai Y, Nakaso S, Moriyama M (2007) Liquid-crystalline physical gel. Chem Soc Rev
36:1857–1867
Kemiklioglu E, Hwang JY, Chien LC (2014) Stabilization of cholesteric blue phases using
polymerized nanoparticles. Phys Rev E 89:042502
4 Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
115