Abstract
Abstract The main peculiarities of electric field-induced structural transformations in cholesterol containing comb-shaped polymers are discussed. As for low molar mass cholesterics both the changes in the texture and the untwisting of the helix can be observed. In cholesteric copolymers with a layered order of the side chains the untwisting of the helix results in the formation of a smectic-like structure. The dynamics of the helix untwisting is shown to be controlled by the mobility of the backbone.
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