Abstract
The thermal and liquid crystalline properties of the new binary systems, consisting of a polycarbonate type of a main-chain liquid crystal polymer (PC) and a twin liquid crystal (TN-n: n = number of central methylene units) with a nitro terminal unit, were examined. The binary systems having PC and TN-n with even-numbered central methylene units (n = 6, 8) showed an induced smectic A phase with batonnets and a fan texture. However, the binary systems consisting of PC and TN-n with odd-numbered central methylene units (n = 5, 7) formed an induced smectic C phase in addition to an induced smectic A phase. In the induced smectic C phase, the schlieren with two and four brushes was observed.
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