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SOFT MATTER
Volume 18, Issue 43, Pages 8315-8319Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01148d
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [ER 467/18-1, AL2378/1-1, 424355983]
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We report an unusually strong flow-induced birefringence in the optically isotropic cubic phase Iso(1)[*] formed by a low-molecular-weight polycatenar mesogen. The transition into the birefringent state occurs without threshold and the induced birefringence is comparable to that observed in polymeric systems. The flow-induced deformation of the cubic structure is suggested to be responsible for the strong rheo-optical response.
We report an unusually strong flow-induced birefringence in an optically isotropic cubic phase occurring below the isotropic chiral conglomerate phase Iso(1)[*] formed by a low-molecular-weight polycatenar mesogen. The transition into the birefringent state occurs thresholdless and the induced birefringence is comparable with that observed in polymeric systems. We suggest that the flow-induced deformation of the cubic structure is responsible for the strong rheo-optical response.
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