“…6 Polymerization of ILCs results in the formation of polymerized ionic liquid crystals (PILCs), which can provide a facile entry into overcoming the ILCs' problems such as low viscosity, easy deformations, and low mechanical properties. Many PILCs exhibiting good thermostability, excellent mechanical strength, and high viscosity have been proposed by use of various polymer mainchains such as polystyrene, 7 polypyrrole, 8 polypyrindine, 9 poly(phenyl benzoate), 10 polysiloxane, 11 poly(ethylene glycol), 12 poly(vinylpyridine), 13 polyoxometalate, 14 and so forth. Moreover, PILCs can present a greater variety of liquid-crystalline order than ILCs.…”