2B08 Synthesis of Macroscopically Aligned Helical Polyacetylene in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal under Magnetic Field

Abstract

We synthesized macroscopically aligned helical polyacetylene (PA) in chiral nematic liquid crystal (N^*-LC) reaction field, with external magnetic field (H=5T). We also examined orientation behaviour of N^* LCs under magnetic field using polarizing optical microscope.