T-型氢键液晶复合物的制备与液晶行为

以不具有液晶行为的2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶(A系列)和4-正烷氧基苯甲酸(D系列)作为氢键液晶复合物的单体,组装成T-型氢键液晶系列复合物(AmDn)。用红外光谱对其结构进行了表征,用DSC及偏光显微方法对其液晶行为进行了研究。结果表明:所合成的21种复合物分子间存在氢键且都具有向列相。通过调整2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子上柔性烷基的长度和极性,可以有效地调节它与4-烷氧基苯甲酸形成的氢键复合物的液晶相变温度以及液晶态的稳定性;增加2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子上柔性烷基的长度,其复合物AmDn的液晶相温度范围趋于变窄,清亮点逐渐下降,其液晶态稳定性也逐渐下降;以2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子替代2,6-二[N,N′-二-(4-烷氧基苯甲酰基)]氨基吡啶分子,可以降低分子的极性,使其单体的熔点及其氢键复合物AmDn的相变温度下降。     

两个新的氢键诱导液晶化合物的合成

通过４－丁氧基苯甲酸（４ＢＡ０与两个手性取代的苯乙烯基吡啶（ＶＳＺ及ＬＳＺ）间的氢键作用合成了２个新的液晶化合物，用ＤＳＣ、偏光显微镜研究了其液晶行为，并由红外光谱证实了分子间氢键的存在，形成的复合物４ＢＡ－ＶＳＺ具有手性近晶Ｃ相。     

巴比妥酸楔形棒状液晶分子的合成、性质及与三嗪衍生物的氢键识别组装体

合成了一端含巴比妥酸, 另一端含带三条烷基链苯甲酸酯楔形单元, 中间为苯乙烯共轭单元的棒状分子5-{4-[3,4,5-三(十二烷氧基)苯甲酸酯]苯乙烯}-(1H,3H)-2,4,6嘧啶三酮(BA³/12); 采用偏光显微镜(POM)、 示差扫描量热法(DSC)、 X射线衍射(XRD)、 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、 红外光谱(IR)、 核磁共振波谱(NMR)和荧光光谱等对其进行了表征. 结果表明, BA³/12能自组装形成晶格结构为c2mm的长方柱相液晶; 红外光谱及核磁共振氢谱表征数据初步证实了BA³/12与三嗪化合物6-(5-{4-[3,4-双(十二烷氧基)]苄氧基}苯基)噻吩-2,4-二氨基-1,3,5三嗪(1T²/12)形成的等摩尔氢键复合物BA/T的结构; BA/T不仅具有液晶性质且能形成具有三维网络状结构的超分子凝胶.     

含全氟烃基的联苯酯类液晶的合成及其介晶性

全氟烃或半氟烃链无手性液晶化合物可能呈现铁电液晶性, 具有较大的学术及应用价值而受到研究人员的重视. 合成了全氟己基苯甲酸联苯酯类液晶化合物: ROC₆H₄C₆H₄O₂CC₆H₄C₆F₁₃ (3a～3e), C₃H₇C₆H₄C₆H₄O₂CC₆H₄C₆F₁₃ (6a)及其烃衍生物. 用差示扫描量热法(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)对其介晶性研究发现: 烃衍生物呈有序度较低的向列相, 熔点较高, 清亮点较低, 液晶相较窄. 全氟烃基取代的化合物出现多个有序度较高的近晶相, 熔点较低, 清亮点高, 介晶相温度范围宽.     

分子中部含齐聚氧化乙烯单元的酯-醚液晶

以4-(4′-烷氧基苯甲酰氧基)苯甲酸作为液晶中间体,合成了在分子中部含齐聚氧化乙烯的系列酯-醚液晶化合物.对其化学结构和液晶性能进行了表征,除个别化合物外,其余样品均具有热致液晶性.     

荧光液晶分子α-氰基二苯乙烯衍生物的合成与光学性质

合成了液晶化合物α-氰基二苯乙烯衍生物(Z)-2-(4-十二烷基氨基苯基)-3-(4-十二烷氧基苯基)丙烯腈（T3）,化合物T3与其同系物(Z)-2-(4-氨基苯基)-3-(4-十二烷氧基苯基)丙烯腈（T2）的浓溶液和固体态在蓝绿光波段均有强的荧光发射。 热重分析数据表明,两个化合物均有好的热稳定性。 利用差式扫描量热分析和偏光显微镜研究了化合物T3的液晶性质,同时借助粉末XRD分析化合物T3的分子间排列方式,表明化合物T3形成近晶相液晶。     

液晶性芳香醛化合物的合成

以对羟基苯甲醛和对烷氧基联苯酰氯为原料,采用爱因宏反应,合成了一系列4-(4'-烷氧基联苯基-4-羧基)苯甲醛.化合物的结构通过元素分析、红外光谱、核磁共振和质谱等方法确证.化合物的液晶行为用示差扫描量热法、偏光显微镜和旋光仪等方法表征.结果表明,所有的化合物加热至各自的熔点以上都能形成液晶态.在液晶态可以观察到手性近晶C相、近晶相、胆甾相和向列相的典型织构.含手性中心的化合物都有较高的旋光性,而且在合成反应中旋光性得到保持.随着分子末端烷氧基碳原子数增加,化合物(除2a和4a外)的熔点(T_m)和液晶态的清亮点(T_i)呈规律性变化,近晶相范围和近晶相-向列相转变温度渐增,而向列相温度范围递减,至十二烷基时,仅呈现近晶性.     

氢键缔合主链超分子液晶聚合物:间隔基及扩展介晶元长度的影响研究

采用慢挥发溶剂组装方法制备了一系列羧酸/吡啶氢键缔合的主链型超分子复合物,并采用FTIR,DSC以及偏光显微镜等对其相转变与热致液晶相行为进行了比较研究.研究表明,分别具有较短的6或10个亚甲基的烷烃间隔基的双苯甲酸衍生物4',4'-二羧酸-1,6-二酚氧基己烷(C6-2COOH)和4',4'-二羧酸-1,10-二酚氧基癸烷(C10-2COOH)的系列复合物具有较高的熔点和清亮点,一般都只出现结晶近晶相和多晶型转变现象.而具有柔顺性较好的四甘醇醚链间隔基的4,4'-二羧酸-α,ω-二酚氧基四甘醇醚(C8O4-2COOH)得到的系列复合物均在降温过程生成单致的流体近晶SA和/或向列N液晶相.可见,间隔基增长,相转变温度降低,最终导致真正的流体液晶相的产生.另一方面,对于从同一种二元羧酸得到的组装体系,从4,4'-联吡啶(4,4'-BPy)、4,4'-联吡啶乙烯撑(4,4'-BPyE)到对苯二酚二异烟酸酯(p-PhBPy),由于双键或酯基的引入,可变形性和极性增大,刚性依次减弱,尽管中心核部分持续长度增大,所得复合物的各向同性化温度降低,形成流体液晶相的趋势增强,液晶有序性降低,流动性增加.指出了早期文献报道的一些不一致甚至矛盾的结果.通过不同系列的对比研究,得出的一些规律性对氢键组装尤其对羧基/吡啶氢键缔合超分子体系设计与构筑具有一定指导意义.     

新型棒状磺酸液晶的合成与表征

以联苯为液晶基元,通过磺酸内酯的开环反应合成了新型磺酸基团位于分子末端的棒状分子——4-烷氧基-4’-丁氧烷磺酸基联苯(3a和3b),其结构经1H NMR和IR表征.偏光显微镜观察和差示扫描量热分析结果表明,3在高于180℃时表现出热致性近晶A相.     

席夫碱型液晶冠醚的合成与性质

以4-(4'-烷氧基联苯基-4-羧基)苯甲醛和二氨基二苯并-14-冠-4为原料,通过溶液缩合反应,合成了一系列席夫碱型液晶冠醚.并用元素分析、旋光仪、核磁共振、红外光谱、快原子轰击质谱、基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱、示差扫描量热法和偏光显微镜对其进行了表征.发现化合物2,4,8I和8Ⅱ加热至各自的熔点以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到手性近晶C相、近晶相、胆甾相和向列相的典型织构.随分子末端烷氧基碳原子数增加,化合物(除2A和4A外)的熔点(Tm)和液晶态的清亮点(Ti)呈规律性变化,近晶相范围渐增,而近晶相-向列相转变温度和向列相温度范围递减.     

Cholesteric star-shaped liquid crystals induced by a maltose core: synthesis and characteristics

Three esters of maltose (A1–A3) with 4–(4–(alkoxybenzoyloxy)phenoxy) –6–oxohexanoic acid (b1–b3) side-arms have been synthesised. All the maltose derivatives were laevo-rotationary, unlike their parent cores. The side arm b1 did not display liquid crystalline (LC) properties, and b2 and b3 displayed thermotropic nematic LC properties. The star-shaped compound (SSC) A1 with b1 side-arms did not display a mesomorphic phase. Unlike the nematic schlieren texture provided by side-arms b2 and b3, the star-shaped liquid crystals (SSLC) A2 and A3 displayed Grandjean and oily texture in the cholesteric phase. The results suggest that the LC properties of the side-arms have an important influence on the formation of LC properties in an SSC, and that the maltose core is important in determining the mesomorphic phase type. In other words, the SSC displayed LC properties only when the side-arms were also LC, and the maltose core induced a cholesteric phase in the SSLC with nematic side-arms. The mesomorphic regions for A2 and A3 were 39.1 and 53.7°C during the heating cycle and 63.8 and 107.0°C during the cooling cycle, respectively. The longer terminal chain rendered the mesomorphic region broader.     

新颖的含乙炔桥键液晶分子设计与合成

为降低液晶分子的双折射率并获得宽液晶相区, 用环己基替代传统二苯乙炔液晶分子中的一个苯环, 得到一类结构新颖的含乙炔桥键的负介电各向异性液晶分子4a, 4b. 目标化合物采用1-trans-4-(trans-4-正戊基环己基)环己基乙炔与4-碘-2,3-二氟苯基醚进行Sonogashira偶联反应制备, 反应总产率27%～28%. 产物结构经MS, IR, NMR鉴定确认. 采用DSC结合偏光显微镜对液晶相变温度进行了测试, 结果表明新化合物4a, 4b清亮点分别为212, 216 ℃, 向列相温区均达到140 ℃, 与传统二苯乙炔类液晶的相变温区基本相当. 物理性能测试表明, 分子骨架共轭程度的削弱不仅使双折射率大幅降低, 而且介电各向异性绝对值还有所增大, 为分子设计提供了新的思路. 新化合物综合性能得到显著改善, 在大尺寸液晶电视领域具有非常好的应用前景.     

Properties of thermotropic liquid crystals induced by hydrogen bonding between pyridyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives and benzoic acid, 4-chlorobenzoic acid or 4-methylbenzoic acid

Supramolecular liquid crystalline complexes have been obtained from binary mixtures of 3-(4-pyridyl)-5-(4-n-alkoxy)phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles with benzoic acid, 4-chlorobenzoic acid or 4-methylbenzoic acid. Neither the oxadiazole derivatives nor the carboxylic acids are mesomorphic, but the H-bonded complexes are. Their liquid crystalline properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction.     

Synthesis, mesomorphic properties and structural study by semi-empirical calculations of amides containing the 1,3,4-thiadiazole unit

The synthesis and liquid crystalline properties of a new series of amides (series 2a-f , 3a-d and 4a-d ) incorporating pyridine and 1,3,4-thiadiazole rings are reported. No homologues of the series 2 show mesomorphic properties. In the series 3 only the highest homologues ( 3d ) displays an enantiotropic SmA mesophase; the compound 3c exhibits a monotropic SmA mesophase, and the homologues 3a , b display no liquid crystal properties. The amides 4b-d display an enantiotropic SmA phases and the first homologue ( 4a ) exhibit only crystalisotropic transition. These series are compared with previously reported Schiff's bases and amide analogues. A structural study by AM1 semi-empirical calculation is also described.     

2-Hydroxy-5,5-dialkyl-δ-valerolactone derivatives as chiral dopants for practical ferroelectric liquid crystals

2-Hydroxy-5,5-dialkyl-δ-valerolactone derivatives have shown interesting properties as a chiral dopant for ferroelectric liquid crystals. In small amounts these compounds induce high magnitudes of spontaneous polarization and long helical pitches in the chiral nematic phase (N*). Alkyl chains attached at the C-5 position play an important role in these properties. Here we discuss the stereochemistry and ferroelectric properties of these lactones and compare them with those of 2-hydroxy-5-alkyl-δ-valerolactone derivatives reported previously. The ring structure of 5,5-dialkyl-δ-valerolactone is found to be a rigid 'pseudo-chair' conformation by *H NMR studies.     

ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYESTERS

Advances have been made in understanding the interactions of composition, molecular weight, liquid crystallinity,orientation, and three-dimensional crystallinity on the properties of injection-molded and melt-spun liquid crystalline polyesters (LCP's). Two classes of potentially low-cost LCP's were compared:(1) semiflexible LCP's prepared from 1,6-hexanediol and the dimethyl ester of either trans-4, 4'stilbenedicarboxylic acid or 4.4 ' biphenyldicarboxylic acid and (2) all-aromatic LCP's prepared from terephthalic acid, 2, 6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the diacetate of hydroquinone, and the acetate of p-hydroxybenzoic acid. The effects of composition on the plastic properties of the 4-component all-aromatic LCP's were determined with the aid of a 3 x 3 factorial statistically designed experiment, the generation of equations with a computer program, and the plotting of three-dimensional figures and contour diagrams. The effects of absolute molecular weight (M_w) on the tensile strengths of the semiflexible LCP's and one of the all-aromatic LCP's having an excellent balance of plastic properties were also compared, and it was observed that the semiflexible LCP's required M_w's about 4 times higher than the all-aromatic LCP to attain a given strength. Persistence lengths and molecular modeling were used to explain these differences.     

含氟丁烯联苯类液晶新方法合成及性能

含氟丁烯类液晶是一类新型具有低熔点和较高清亮点的液晶材料。 本文提出了一条新的方法合成关键中间体,采用以3-氟苄氯为起始原料,经Arbuzov、Wittig-Horner、催化氢化、锂化-硼酸化4步反应制备,避免了环己烷的异构化和脱氟副反应。 经过合成优化,总收率由4.5%提高到30%,具备较高的应用价值。 物理性能测试表明,该类化合物在配方中的虚拟清亮点达到127.7 ℃、展区常数K₁₁值高达19.7。 光电测试表明,该类化合物能够缩短10%的液晶总响应时间,与该类化合物粘弹系数小的特点相吻合。 新型含氟丁烯液晶为开发高性能混合液晶提供了新的单体液晶材料。     

Solution‐Processable n‐Type Semiconductors Based on Unsymmetrical Naphthalene Imides: Synthesis,Characterization, and Applications in Field‐Effect Transistors

A series of unsymmetrical naphthalene imide derivatives ( 1a , 1b , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) with high electron affinity was synthesized and used in n‐channel organic field‐effect transistors (OFETs). They have very good solubility in common organic solvents and good thermal stability up to 320 °C. Their photophysical, electrochemical, and thermal properties were investigated in detail. They showed low‐lying LUMO energy levels from ?3.90 to ?4.15 eV owing to a strong electron‐withdrawing character. Solution‐processed thin‐film OFETs based on 1a , 1b , 2 , 3 , 4 were measured in both N₂ and air. They all showed n‐type FET behavior. The liquid‐crystalline compounds 1a , 1b , and 3 showed good performance owing to the self‐healing properties of the film in the liquid‐crystal phase. Compound 3 has an electron mobility of up to 0.016 cm² V^?1 s^?1 and current on/off ratios of 10⁴–10⁵.     

Equivalent anchoring energy formula of a NLC on a grating surface and VCT effect

The voltage-controlled twist (VCT) effect shows that a grating surface, with its particular anchoring properties, has the potential to become a new surface anchoring for liquid crystal devices. In order to describe these properties an equivalent anchoring energy is introduced. The alignment of a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) on such a grating originates from two mechanisms, so each produces a term in the equivalent anchoring energy. One is the interaction potential between NLC molecules and the molecules on the substrate surface, from which we derive the expression of the corresponding term. The other is the increased elastic strain energy, for which we adopt the result of Berreman. The equivalent anchoring energy obtained is a function of pitch λ and amplitude δ of the grating surface. Both the corresponding strength parameter and the easy direction are functions of λ and δ. The hybrid aligned nematic cell proposed by. Bryan-Brown et al. is studied by the use of our formula, and the distribution of the director, the saturation state and the saturation voltage are calculated in detail. The results are consistent with experimental data, especially the values of λ and δ. The VCT effect can therefore be explained.     

The Kohn-Sham density of states and band gap of water: from small clusters to liquid water

Electronic properties of water clusters (H2O)(n), with n=2, 4, 8, 10, 15, 20, and 30 molecules were investigated by sequential Monte Carlo/density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. DFT calculations were carried out over uncorrelated configurations generated by Monte Carlo simulations of liquid water with a reparametrized exchange-correlation functional that reproduces the experimental information on the electronic properties (first ionization energy and highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital gap) of the water dimer. The dependence of electronic properties on the cluster size (n) shows that the density of states (DOS) of small water clusters (n>10) exhibits the same basic features that are typical of larger aggregates, such as the mixing of the 3a1 and 1b1 valence bands. When long-ranged polarization effects are taken into account by the introduction of embedding charges, the DOS associated with 3a1 orbitals is significantly enhanced. In agreement with valence-band photoelectron spectra of liquid water, the 1b1, 3a1, and 1b2 electron binding energies in water aggregates are redshifted by approximately 1 eV relative to the isolated molecule. By extrapolating the results for larger clusters the threshold energy for photoelectron emission is 9.6+/-0.15 eV (free clusters) and 10.58+/-0.10 eV (embedded clusters). Our results for the electron affinity (V0=-0.17+/-0.05 eV) and adiabatic band gap (E(G,Ad)=6.83+/-0.05 eV) of liquid water are in excellent agreement with recent information from theoretical and experimental works.