Coherent director rotation and memory effects, and their dependence on the morphology of the constituent molecules in thiol-ene polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal system

We have studied the origin of coherent director rotation [CDR] as well as memory behavior in thiolene polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal [FLC]. The ene constituents are found to be always located at the inter-layer space and induce the coherent director rotation motion of liquid crystal molecule. On the other hand, the thiols are more intersticed between ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules at intra-layer as the thiol gets longer, and these intersticed thiols enhance the multistability and the resolution of memory state of FLCs.