Liquid Crystal Synthesis
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The synthesis of a wide variety of liquid crystalline materials                 needed to test theoretical concepts, study physical properties,                 and for use in liquid crystal displays is proposed.  New ideas                  have been generated by results from the current NSF grant, and in               some areas additional work is needed to complete research in                    progress.  Thus, investigation of the following specific problems               is proposed:  The design of new chiral materials for displays                   (stable cholesteric, ferroelectric, and chiral polymers) and to                 test theoretical concepts, continued molecular modifications to                 search for additional materials showing hexatic phases of                       smectics B, F, and I and their chiral counterparts; synthesis of                materials with wide range nematic phases above a smectic A phase                for phase transition studies; preparation of deuterated materials               to study phase separation in nematic phases by DMR; continued                   synthesis of new polymeric materials for phase transition studies               and for use in polymer dispersed droplets and preparation of new                materials having lyotropic and thermotropic nematic phases which                are of both theoretical and practical interest.                                                                                                                 This effort will provide both known and new liquid crystalline                  materials for physical studies by not only researchers at the                   Liquid Crystal Institute but throughout the world.  It requires                 extensive cooperation between both chemists and physicists and                  will thus encourage the exchange of ideas and modifications in                  research goals as new information is produced.
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{'Code': '1762', 'Text': 'SOLID STATE & MATERIALS CHEMIS'}
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