| abstract |
The invention relates to direactive mesogenic compounds or mixtures thereof comprising mesogen-containing molecule, said mesogens having two side chains attached thereto which contain a terminal polymerizable functional group, said mesogens and said functional groups being separated by at least two to twenty spacer atoms, wherein both spacer groups have different chain length. The invention is directed to monomeric direactive mesogenic compounds as defined in claims 1, 2 and 7; polymers prepared by polymerising such monomers (claim 9); and intermediated (as defined in claim 10) for such monomers. |