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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L77072/01
Title:	ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS: TAILORING AND UNDERSTANDING NOVEL AND UNUSUAL STATES OF MATTER
Principal Investigator:	Hird, Dr M
Other Investigators:	Toyne, Professor K Goodby, Professor JW
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Project Partners:	DSTL - JGS
Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Hull
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 1998	Ends:	31 December 2000	Value (£):	133,120
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Synthesis & Growth
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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This proposal describes a research programme to be carried out in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the University of Manchester aimed at tailoring and understanding antiferroelectricity in liquid crystals. Prototype display devices based on antiferroelectric technology have already been demonstrated, but a more thorough understanding of the antiferroelectric phase, and better materials of low viscosity are required. The work at the school of Chemistry at the University of Hull will involve the design, synthesis and characterisation of novel, low viscosity materials that exhibit the alternating tilt smetic C phase (achiral) and those that exhibit the antiferroelectric phase (chiral), some known antiferroelectric compounds will also need to be prepared. The compounds will then be formulated into antiferroelectric mixtures of low viscosity, and evaluated for their physical properties (switching times, polarisation, tilt angle, viscosity). The antiferroelectric compounds and mixtures will be evaluated at the University of Manchester using a variety of methods in order to further the understanding of the antiferroelectric phase structure and how it is generated. Both establishments will work in close collaboration to ensure a rapid exchange of results and ideas to enable the programme to develop, and ultimately enable the commercial exploitation of antiferroelectric technology.
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