Phase transitions of polymer liquid crystals may be i nduced not only by changes of temperature or polymer concentration,but also b y external electric,magnetic or other orientational fields.In this paper the pha se behavior of polypeptide liquid crystal solutions,such as PBLG/TCE and PBLG/CH Cl 3/TFA solutions,was studied in the presence of an external electric field.It was found that the liquid crystal phase was stabilized when the external electr ical field was applied and the area of liquid crystal phase was broadened.Qualit atively,the experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical resu lts calculated by a lattice model previously.The information obtained may be use d to develop new routes for processing rigid flexible block copolymers with be tter mechanical properties and to construct molecular devices for processing and storing information.
