[16p-P04-1~20] 12.1 Fabrications and Structure Controls

[16p-P04-4] Viscoelastic analysis of reentrant liquid crystals by quartz crystal microbalance

〇(B)Jun Kanai¹, Ryosuke Matsubara¹, Atsushi Kubono¹ (1.Shizuoka Univ.)

Keywords:

liquid crystal,reentrant,QCM

Generally, phase transitions tend to occur toward less ordered phases as the temperature decreases. However, it is known that mixing two highly polar molecules can induce the reappearance of a highly ordered phase. This phenomenon is referred to as a reentrant liquid crystal, although its mechanism remains unclear. Therefore, we focused on the liquid crystal-polymer interface, which exhibits properties distinct from those of the bulk, and measured the interfacial viscoelasticity using a quartz crystal microbalance method.