soft lithography allows another route for the substrate preparation (Zheng et al.
2007). LC conjugated polymers can also be aligned by methods that do not require
the LC state per se, such as epitaxial crystallization (Brinkmann 2007) or floating
transfer (Dauendorffer et al. 2012).
T
T IN *(N)
T mem *(N)
N
N*
isotropic
solution
nematic
& solvent
coexistence
membranes
nematic & solvent coexistence
or metastable membranes
6
7
8
9
10
260
280
300
320
340
360
N
T )
K
(
metastable membranes
t
n
e
v
l
o
s
&
c
i
t
a
m
e
n
e
c
n
e
t
s
i
x
e
o
c
T mem *(N)
isotropic solution
(a)
(b)
Fig. 5 (a) Theoretical phase diagram of lyotropic hairy-rod polymer and (b) experimental phase
diagram of P5 in dense MCH mixture as a function of side chain beads, N. (Adapted and reproduced
with permission from Knaapila et al. (2008). Copyright 2008 The American Physical Society)
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2007). LC conjugated polymers can also be aligned by methods that do not require
the LC state per se, such as epitaxial crystallization (Brinkmann 2007) or floating
transfer (Dauendorffer et al. 2012).
T
T IN *(N)
T mem *(N)
N
N*
isotropic
solution
nematic
& solvent
coexistence
membranes
nematic & solvent coexistence
or metastable membranes
6
7
8
9
10
260
280
300
320
340
360
N
T )
K
(
metastable membranes
t
n
e
v
l
o
s
&
c
i
t
a
m
e
n
e
c
n
e
t
s
i
x
e
o
c
T mem *(N)
isotropic solution
(a)
(b)
Fig. 5 (a) Theoretical phase diagram of lyotropic hairy-rod polymer and (b) experimental phase
diagram of P5 in dense MCH mixture as a function of side chain beads, N. (Adapted and reproduced
with permission from Knaapila et al. (2008). Copyright 2008 The American Physical Society)
11 Liquid Crystalline Conjugated Polymers
327