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Article Dans Une Revue Journal de Physique II Année : 1995

Three-Dimensional Microstructure of a Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy

Jean Pierron
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Valérie Tournier-Lasserve
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Pierre Sopena
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Alain Boudet
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Pierre Sixou
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Michel Mitov

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A film consisting of an amorphous photo-crosslinkable polymer matrix and a dispersion of microinclusions of a cholesteric polymer was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The polymerization procedure of the blend provides a composite with many small nodules of spherical or ellipsoidal shapes, with sizes between 0.4 and 6 μm. The cholesteric stratification is well evidenced in transmission electron microscopy by dark lines due to diffraction contrast. The 3D organization was reconstructed by the observation of successive ultramicrotomed sections. Six types of nodules were distinguished according to the number of defects (foci or disclination lines), among which only three had already been observed and theoretically calculated. The confined geometry inherent in the size of the nodules, close to the cholesteric pitch, is responsible of these unexpected structures. In these conditions, the surface forces are in tight competition with the cholesteric elastic forces.

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jpa-00248260 , version 1 (04-02-2008)

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Jean Pierron, Valérie Tournier-Lasserve, Pierre Sopena, Alain Boudet, Pierre Sixou, et al.. Three-Dimensional Microstructure of a Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal de Physique II, 1995, 5 (11), pp.1635-1647. ⟨10.1051/jp2:1995204⟩. ⟨jpa-00248260⟩

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