First ferrocene-containing side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers
Abstract
The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of the first ferrocene-containing side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers, obtained by grafting either a 1,1′- or 1,3-disubstituted ferrocene derivative functionalized by a vinyl group onto a polysiloxane, are reported; these polymers showed enantiotropic smectic C and/or smectic A phases.