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ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2022

Poly(l-Lactide) Liquid Crystals with Tailor-Made Properties Toward a Specific Nematic Mesophase Texture.

Henryk Janeczek, Khadar Duale, Wanda Sikorska, Marcin Godzierz, Aleksandra Kordyka, Andrzej Marcinkowski, Anna Hercog, Marta Musioł, Marek Kowalczuk, Darinka Christova and 1 more

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Article in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Biosynthesis and Biodegradation-Eco-Concept for Polymer Materials.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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Henryk JaneczekCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Khadar DualeCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Wanda SikorskaCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Marcin GodzierzCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9351-7452
Aleksandra KordykaCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Andrzej MarcinkowskiCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Anna HercogCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Marta MusiołCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Marek KowalczukCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Darinka ChristovaInstitute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Akad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 103A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Joanna RydzCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Skłodowska 34, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-7074

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Abstract

This paper presents the liquid crystal (LC) properties of poly(l-lactide) (PLLA). Mesophase behavior is investigated using polarized optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and differential scanning calorimetry. The performed analyses confirm that pressed PLLA films exhibit the unique capability of self-assembling into a nematic mesophase under the influence of mechanical pressure, temperature, and time. It was originally demonstrated that the chiral nematic mesophase can be obtained by introducing fine powders into the polymer. Based on the research conducted, it was proved that the pressed PLLA films have a chiral nematic mesophase with a nematic-to-isotropic phase transition and a large mesophase stability range overlapping the temperature of the human body, which can persist for years at ambient temperature. The obtained films show tailor-made properties toward a nematic mesophase with a specific texture, including colored planar texture of the chiral nematic mesophase and blue-phase (BP) LC texture. The BP, described for the first time in plain PLLA, occurred over a wider than usual temperature range of stability between isotropic and chiral nematic thermotropic phases (Δ

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