This protocol demonstrates the preparation of a photorheological material that exhibits a solid phase, various liquid crystalline phases, and an isotropic liquid phase by increasing temperature. Presented here are methods for measuring the structure-viscoelasticity relationship of the material.
Aya, S., Salamon, P., Paterson, D. A., Storey, J. M. D., Imrie, C. T., Araoka, F., Jákli, A., Buka, Á. High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal. J. Vis. Exp. (152), e60433, doi:10.3791/60433 (2019).