Czubak, B, Warren, NJ orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-1417 and Nagaraj, M (2022) Steroid-Based Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Responsive and Biocompatible Materials of the Future. Crystals, 12 (7). 1000. ISSN 2073-4352
Abstract
Steroid-based liquid crystal polymers and co-polymers have come a long way, with new and significant advances being made every year. This paper reviews some of the recent key developments in steroid-based liquid crystal polymers and co-polymers. It covers the structure–property relationship between cholesterol and sterol-based compounds and their corresponding polymers, and the influence of chemical structure and synthesis conditions on the liquid crystalline behaviour. An overview of the nature of self-assembly of these materials in solvents and through polymerisation is given. The role of liquid crystalline properties in the applications of these materials, in the creation of nano-objects, drug delivery and biomedicine and photonic and electronic devices, is discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||
Keywords: | liquid crystal; polymer; cholesterol; block copolymer; self-assembly; polymerisation-induced self-assembly | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Leeds | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 09:39 | ||||
Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2023 11:35 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12071000 | ||||
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