Liquid crystalline elastomers based on diglycidyl terminated rigid monomers and aliphatic acids. Part 1. Synthesis and characterization

Clearing temperatures, enthalpies and entropies, and the nature of mesophases were also analyzed through DSC and X-ray diffraction, carried out on unstrained elastomers. It was found that both the rigid-rod mesogens and the aliphatic portions of carboxylic acids contribute to stabilize the mesophase. Moreover, upon stretching, all the LCEs exhibited the polydomain-to-monodomain transition, which is typical of this class of materials.