PROGRESS: Completed Project	PROJECT REF: PA092
PROJECT TITLE: Manufacture of Novel Liquid Crystalline Polyacetylenes
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A variety of new mesogen-containing acetylenes are prepared and designed. A research team at the HKUST developed new catalyst systems for polymerizing the functional acetylene monomers and manufactured the novel liquid crystalline polyacetylenes. In this new invention, the new side-chain liquid crystalline polymers (SCLCPs) thus manufactured possess the rigid polyacetylene backbones. They demonstrate that the rigid polymer backbone in a properly designed SCLCP system can play an active role in promoting and maintaining the molecular orientations induced by the simple mechanical perturbations. Potential Applications: - Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and related devices Advantages over Present Technologies: 1. Provides rigid polymeric backbone with conductivity and molecular orientability 2. Soluble and fusable 3. Thermally stable
FOCUS AREA(S): Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Display Technologies
KEYWORDS: LCD, Liquid crystal displays, liquid crystalline Polyacetylenes
MODE OF COLLABORATION: Technology Licensing, Further R&D Collaboration
STATUS PATENT: Patent_Pending	PATENT NO: NA
ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology R and D Corporation Limited
CONTACT PERSON: Shirley Woo	EMAIL: cawoosw@ust.hk
TEL: (852)-23587918	FAX: (852)-23582751
WEBSITE: http://rdc.ust.hk	DATE: 29/12/2004