Anesia D. Auguste

Download Hi-Res ImageDownload to MS-PowerPointCite This:Macromolecules2019XXXXXXXXXX-XXX RETURN TO ARTICLES ASAPPREVArticleNEXT Michelle T. Brannum Michelle T. Brannum Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, United States Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States Anesia D. Auguste Anesia D.

The LCE films examined here were formulated by mixing mesogenic diacrylates (RM82 and RM257) with a dithiol chain-transfer agent (Fig. 1a). As detailed in 23, the dithiol additive reduces the crosslink density of the polyacrylate via chain transfer (primary) and chain extension (secondary). The concentration of RM82 and RM257 in the mixture was selected to suppress the nematic-crystallization phase transition24, producing a supercooled mixture which was meta-stable (>1 h) to −20 °C.