| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The study of biaxial nematic phases has been focused on the anisotropic particles such as board-shaped molecules and banana type molecules. In this project, we theoretically study biaxial nematic phases in mixtures of a liquid crystal and a rodlike polymer, such as nanotubes and rigid-rodlike particles. We predict novel biaxial nematic phases in liquid crystal/rod mixtures where the two components favour a mutually perpendicular orientation. We also theoretically study biaxiality in liquid crystalline elastomers and liquid crystalline polymers.
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