Hyperbranched Polyether Polyols with Liquid Crystalline Properties

The attachment of mesogens as end groups to hyperbranched polyglycerol (degree of polymerization 22–45; see schematic representation, the rigid mesogens are shown as rods and the flexible alkyl chains as lines) leads to liquid crystalline polymers with narrow polydispersity, whose liquid crystalline behavior is induced by the mesogenic end groups only.