Ionic Liquid Crystal Polymers for Display Devices: A Study of Mesogenic Diallylamine-Terminated Polymers

Exploration into the development and synthesis of ionic polymeric liquid crystal devices for
potential use in touch screens and smart windows considered the potential of amine-based
functional groups for tunable polymerisations and bulk compound properties. Through
consideration of the nature of the functional group as well as the motif, it would be possible to
control the polymerisation rate, as well as thermal and potentially conductive properties of the
compounds used in the ultimate device. In this study, three different functional groups, as well as
three different motifs were considered across a small range of spacer chain lengths, which also
allowed an investigation into a possible odd/even effect on liquid crystal properties.