1. ABOUT THE DATASET
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Title:	Dataset associated with 'Reactive fluid-like ferroelectrics: a gateway to the next generation of ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymer networks'

Creator(s): Stuart R. Berrow, Jordan Hobbs, Calum J. Gibb

Organisation(s): University of Leeds

Rights-holder(s):Unless otherwise stated, Copyright 2025 University of Leeds

Publication Year: 2025

Description: This dataset contains the data associated with the article titled 'Reactive fluid-like ferroelectrics: a gateway to the next generation of ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymer networks', published in Small. The data is provided either as raw data files or the files used to plot figures in the relevant article. Data is focused primarily on structural characterisation and material properties of the monomers synthesised in the article, whilst also extending to the data obtained in the polymer stabilisation studies conducted in the relevant article. 

Cite as: Berrow, Stuart; Hobbs, Jordan; Gibb, Calum (2025): Dataset associated with 'Reactive fluid-like ferroelectrics: a gateway to the next generation of ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymer networks'. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1635.

Related publication: S. R. Berrow, J. Hobbs, C. J. Gibb, Reactive fluid-like ferroelectrics: a gateway to the next generation of ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymer networks, Small, 2025, DOI:10.1002/smll.202501724.

Contact: C.J.Gibb@leeds.ac.uk


2. TERMS OF USE
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Copyright 2025 University of Leeds. Unless otherwise stated, this dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION
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SRB

Title: Stretching the boundaries; new soft matter systems

Dates: 15th August 2022 – 14th August 2027

Funding organisation: Engineering and physical sciences research council

Grant no.: EP/V054724/1

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JH and CJG

Title: A New Order of Liquids: Polar and ferroelectric orientationally modulated soft materials

Dates: March 2022 - March 2026

Funding organisation: UK Research and Innovation, Future Leaders Fellowships

Grant no.: MR/W006391/1


4. CONTENTS
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File listing

- Data.zip - A zip folder containing raw data files collected in the undertaking of the work in the related article. NMR data are to be opened in a standard spectroscopy processing software, such as Topspin or MestreNova. Any files with the extension .opju are to be opened in Origin software.
- README_Berrow_2025.txt - A text file describing relevant information regarding the use of this dataset.


5. METHODS
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Details of all of the methods used to collect this data can be found in the associated publication, ‘Reactive fluid-like ferroelectrics: a gateway to the next generation of ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymer networks”, published in Small.