聚对氧化偶氮苯酚酯系列热致性液晶高分子的合成及液晶态研究

本文用界面缩聚法合成聚对氧化偶氧苯酚酯系列热致性液晶高分子。并用DSC,X-光衍射和偏光显微镜对其结构和液晶相进行了表征与研究。观察液晶态织态结构,计算液晶态时分子链间距,并观察聚合物取向液晶态的结晶结构。     

侧基横挂偶极单元的液晶聚苯撑乙炔的合成与表征

为了制备电致偏振光发光材料, 以对苯二乙炔和2,5-二溴苯衍生物为单体,通过Sonogashira偶联反应, 采用不同Pd催化剂, 合成了一种侧基横挂偶极基团的液晶聚苯撑乙炔. 单体的化学结构通过IR, NMR和元素分析等方法得到确证. 聚合物外观为黄色粉状固体, 室温下溶于CHCl3和THF等有机溶剂. 将聚合物加热到各自的玻璃化转变温度以上都能形成液晶态并显示双向液晶性. 考察了不同催化剂对合成的聚合物的分子量、聚合物链中单体单元的结构排列以及液晶性质的影响. 结果表明, 两种不同的Pd催化剂对合成的聚合物的分子量以及液晶态温度范围影响不大, 但对聚合物的立构规整性以及聚合物的液晶态织构有较大的影响. Pd(PPh3)4作催化剂合成的聚合物中单体单元的结构排列较单一, 可以观察到清晰的液晶态织构. 以PdCl2(PPh3)2为催化剂合成的聚合物链中单体单元的结构排列相对复杂, 液晶态织构不明显. 变温X 射线衍射研究证实聚合物均为向列相液晶.     

新的含T-型二维液晶基元的液晶高分子的合成

采用低温溶液聚合方法,以N-(2,5-二羟基苯)亚甲基-4-取代苯胺和不同结构的二酰氯为单体,合成了两类新的高分子。聚合物的液晶行为用DSC、偏光显微镜和X射线衍射进行了表征,发现其中一类为向列型热致液晶高分子,另一类则无液晶性。随单体结构的改变,聚合物的特性粘数、熔点(Tm)和液晶态的清亮点(Ti)均呈现规律性变化。     

含不同柔性链的(甲基)丙烯酸酯类液晶高分子的合成及其液晶行为研究

通过改变侧链中柔性间隔基的长度,合成了一系列含有两个手性中心的侧链液晶（甲基）丙烯酸酯类聚合物.红外、核磁和GPC表征各中间体、单体及聚合物的结构和分子量.通过DSC和热台偏光显微镜系统地研究了单体和聚合物的液晶态织构.结果表明,含有六个碳的柔性间隔基的丙烯酸酯类聚合物表现为近晶SA和手性近晶SC^＊液晶相.     

新的含T－型二维液晶基元的液晶高分子的合成

采用低温溶液聚合方法，以Ｎ－（２，５－二羟基苯）亚甲基－４－取代苯胺和不同结构的二酰氯为单体，合成了两类新的高分子．聚合物的液晶行为用ＤＳＣ、偏光显微镜和Ｘ射线衍射进行了表征，发现其中一类为向列型热致液晶高分子，另一类则无液晶性．随单体结构的改变，聚合物的特性粘数、熔点（Ｔｍ）和液晶态的清亮点（Ｔｉ）均呈现规律性变化。     

一种侧链液晶高分子的合成与表征

合成了一种主链为甲基丙烯酸酯 ,侧链是三个苯环以酯键相连的介晶基元 ,柔性间隔段为两个亚甲基的新的侧链液晶高分子 .聚合物和单体的化学结构、液晶相转变和液晶态织构采用红外光谱、核磁共振、偏光显微镜、差热分析和广角X光衍射进行了表征 .研究表明 ,单体呈现近晶相和向列相两个液晶相 ,聚合物在很宽的温度范围内呈向列相 .该单体和聚合物在一定条件下可形成固化诱导条带织构     

聚丙烯酸酯型高分子侧链液晶的合成及其对聚乙烯成核结晶行为的影响

基于聚烯烃用成核剂的结构特征设计合成了两种极性基团和非极性基团交替排列的乙烯基单体,并利用自由基引发聚合,制备出相应的侧链型液晶聚合物.采用元素分析、红外光谱和核磁共振氢谱对所合成单体和聚合物的结构进行了确认.并采用热失重(TGA)和差示扫描量热仪(DSC)研究了聚合物的热稳定性和相转变温度.结果表明,所合成聚合物的起始热分解温度均在337℃以上,具有优异的热稳定性;液晶相变温度区间可达186 K,具有较宽的液晶态温度范围.热台偏光显微镜(HS-POM)研究结果表明,聚合物均呈现出纹影织构,证明所合成的聚合物均为热致向列型侧链液晶高分子.采用DSC和HS-POM研究了所合成的侧链液晶聚合物对高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)异相成核结晶行为的影响.结果表明,侧链型液晶聚合物在提高HDPE结晶温度、结晶度以及降低HDPE晶粒的尺寸及分布方面均有优异的效果,是一类HDPE有效的成核剂.     

聚硅氧烷侧链液晶高分子的合成与表征

研究以对－烯丙氧基苯甲酸对－氰基苯酚酯为单体的聚硅氧烷侧链液晶高分子的合成方法。首先利用Williamson反应生成醚、羧酸酰化、酯化反应得到单体,然后利用硅氢化反应将单体接枝到聚甲基氢硅氧烷上得到目标产物。用IR,NMR及热台偏光显微镜等方法对单体和聚合物进行了结构表征和液晶行为分析。优化了对－烯丙氧基苯甲酸对－氰基苯酯为单体的聚硅氧烷侧链液晶高分子的合成工艺条件,提高了产率。样品表征结果证明单体和聚合物均呈现近晶液晶相,为特殊功能材料提供了原料。     

近晶C(Sc)相串型液晶高分子的合成与表征

以２，５ 二（对烷氧基苯甲酰氧基） 对苯二酚和不同结构的脂族二酰氯为单体，采用低温溶液缩聚的方法，合成了一系列新的液晶基元垂直于分子主链的Ｓｃ相串型液晶高分子．单体的结构通过元素分析、ＩＲ、１Ｈ ＮＭＲ和ＭＳ等方法确证．聚合物通过ＧＰＣ、ＤＳＣ、ＴＧ、ＷＡＸＤ和偏光显微镜等方法测试表征．研究发现，所有的聚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纹影或焦锥织构．通过变温Ｘ 射线衍射证明它们为Ｓｃ相．所有聚合物的熔点（Ｔｍ）和液晶态的清亮点（Ｔ１）随分子中末端烷氧基增大和柔性间隔段长度增加逐渐降低，液晶态温度范围变窄．     

甲壳型液晶高分子的化学结构及其与性能间关系的研究

设计并合成了7种新型甲壳型液晶高分子,研究了液晶基元的化学结构和立体效应对单体及其聚合物液晶性的影响.发现在液晶基元的末端引入极性或可极化的原子基团提高了单体的熔点和液晶相的热稳定性;液晶基元的长径比越大,单体的熔点和清亮点越高;聚合使单体的液晶稳定性增加、液晶相温度范围变宽;侧链液晶基元的极性、刚性和空阻越大,聚合物的玻璃化温度越高;酰胺基团无论是在分子的末端还是在连接部位,都使单体的熔点和聚合物的玻璃化温度提高,但在分子末端时液晶相较稳定,作为中心桥键时不利于液晶相的稳定形成.     

近晶型聚硅氧烷侧链液晶的合成与表征

以烯丙基溴、对羟基苯甲酸、对氰基苯酚为主要原料合成了液晶基元对-烯丙氧基苯甲酸对-羟基苯氰酯,通过硅氢化加成反应将其接枝到聚甲基氢硅氧烷主链上,合成了一种新型的聚硅氧烷侧链液晶.通过傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FT-IR)、氢核磁共振仪(1H-NMR)、差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、热台偏光显微镜(POM)和X-射线衍射仪(XR...     

溶致性液晶高分子聚苯并■唑的合成和结构与性能研究

用对羟基苯甲酸甲酯（乙酯）为原料，合成了自缩聚型单体４ 羟基 ３ 胺基苯甲酸盐酸盐，在多聚磷酸介质中经溶液缩聚，制得高分子量的聚苯并唑（ＡＢＰＢＯ），在聚合后期观察到明显的溶致性液晶高分子所特有的搅拌乳光现象，经推膜及干喷湿纺技术得到了ＡＢＰ ＢＯ的薄膜和纤维．在甲基磺酸溶液中测定了ＡＢＰＢＯ的特性粘数，用Ｘ ｒａｙ平板照相及Ｘ ｒａｙ衍射、ＦＴＩＲ、ＴＧＡ、动态粘弹谱仪等测定和研究了ＡＢＰＢＯ薄膜和纤维的结构和性能，抗张强度为１５５ＧＰａ，抗张模量为９０ＧＰａ，在氮气中起始分解温度为６５７３℃．结果表明ＡＢＰＢＯ是一种高性能的半刚性的溶致性液晶高分子材料     

Impact of co-doping concentration in copolymer network liquid crystals

ABSTRACT

The impact of varying the co-doping concentration of a mesogenic and a non-mesogenic monomer in the reactive mixtures used to create a copolymer network LCs was investigated. Use of copolymer has been found to improve the response properties in the obtained liquid crystal composites. The polymer network in the studied copolymer network LCs was examined by scanning electron microscopy and the response times in various samples were investigated. Samples were prepared with various reactive mixtures, each of which had a constant concentration of mesogenic monomer, various concentrations of non-mesogenic monomer, and the same amount of photoinitiator. These reactive mixtures were filled in home assembled test cells with planar alignment and then exposed to UV light. With increasing concentration of the non-mesogenic monomer, the response properties of the resulting copolymer network LC were improved. Usually, if the overall polymer content in a polymer network LC is increased, the threshold voltage is also increased. However, both threshold voltages and response times were lowered and the response properties were thus improved in the studied copolymer network LCs. This unexpected behavior could be traced back to inducing a grainy polymer morphology of the copolymer network by using a non-mesogenic monomer.     

Preparation and characterization of polymer‐stabilized cholesteric texture cells using (+)‐bornylmethacrylate 1

Chiral monomeric (+)‐bornyl methacrylate (BMA) was synthesized from (+)‐camphor. The normal mode of polymer‐stabilized cholesteric texture (PSCT) liquid crystal cells was fabricated using 97.3 wt% of liquid crystal (E48/CB15 = 92/8) and 2.7 wt% of various compositions of chiral and achiral monomers. BMA was used as a chiral monomer and, 4,4′‐bis[6‐(acryloyloxy)hexyloxy]biphenyl and ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate were used as achiral difunctional monomers. The electro‐optical characteristics and the morphology of the PSCT cells with chiral and achiral polymer materials were investigated. The effects of monomer concentration and polymerization conditions of the chiral (+)‐bornyl methacrylate on the electro‐optical characteristics and morphology of PSCT cells were also investigated. It was found that the electro‐optical characteristics of PSCT cells were improved by using the chiral monomer of (+)‐bornyl methacrylate effectively. A PSCT cell was fabricated, and the reversible turbid and transparent changes were examined by applying a 15 V electric field. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Three‐dimensional structure in holographic polymer‐dispersed liquid crystals

Polymer‐dispersed liquid crystals, heterogeneous structures consisting of a liquid crystal and a polymer, are promising materials for generating holograms with switchable diffraction efficiency. The experiments presented here reveal that the generation of a face‐centered cubic structure can be achieved by exposing a liquid crystal/reactive monomer mixture to the interference pattern of four coherent laser beams under appropriate geometrical conditions. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The role of crosslinking and polarity in the dark relaxation of azobenzene-based,polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals

Prior examinations have reported that polymer stabilisation of azobenzene-based cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) mixtures can reduce the time necessary for complete colour restoration in the dark from three days to as few as five minutes. This work extends upon these prior examinations by exploring and elucidating the role of crosslinker concentration and monomer polarity on the colour restoration of a representative CLC mixture composed of a high HTP bis(azo) binapthanyl chiral dopant (QL76) mixed into the cyanobiphenyl nematic liquid crystal host MDA-00-1444. The impact of these variables was unexpectedly convoluted. In all the formulations examined here, polymer stabilisation dramatically reduces the time for complete colour restoration of the starting reflection notch. In mixtures based on nonpolar liquid crystal monomers, increasing the crosslinker concentration reduces the time necessary for complete colour restoration. However, the dependence on crosslinker concentration reverses in mixtures composed from polar liquid crystal monomers in which increasing the crosslinker concentration serves to increase the time necessary for complete colour restoration.     

Effect of specific rotation of chiral dopant and polymerization temperature on reflectance properties of polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal cells

A series of polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (PSCLC) cells were prepared by photo‐polymerization of a cholesteric liquid crystal (Ch‐LC) mixture containing a nonreactive LC, a nematic diacrylate and a novel cholesteryl monomer. The influence of the specific rotation and concentration of the chiral dopants, and the polymerization temperature on reflection properties was investigated. The results demonstrate that the reflection band was broadened after polymerization for all the systems both left‐handed S811 and right‐handed R1011 as the chiral dopant, which is speculated to be a result of an inhomogeneous consumption of the chiral monomer within the system. Additionally, the polymer temperature plays an integral role in the observed reflection spectra, and at optimum polymerization temperature the broadband reflection effect becomes much more pronounced. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the role of microscopic changes of the polymer network induced by polymerization temperature. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1562–1570, 2008     

Polymer and azo-dye composite: a photo-alignment layer for liquid crystals

In this article, we disclose a method to fabricate polymer-stabilised azo-dye photo alignment layers for liquid crystal. The idea includes the introduction of polymer network in the alignment layer, in optimal concentration, followed by two-step irradiation. The stabilised photo-alignment layer has been explored for different aspects of the display-related parameters, viz. anchoring energy, stability for various display-related environments as a function of concentration of monomer and irradiation, residual DC and voltage holding ratio. The composite photo-alignment layer offers well-suited parameters for the liquid crystal alignment and therefore could find application in a variety of modern photonic and display devices.     

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NEW SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER WITH LATERALLY ATTACHED MESOGENS BY ESTER GROUP*

New liquid crystalline monomer, 2,5-bis[(4'-methoxyphenoxy)carbonyl]phenyl acrylate wassuccessfully synthesized. Polyacrylate with laterally attached mesogens via ester linkage was also derived.This polymer forms an enantiotropic liquid crystal phase while its monomer exhibits a metastable nematicphase with respect to the crystalline state. However, its liquid crystallinity is very low as compared to that ofpoly{2,5-bis[(4'-methoxyphenoxy)carbonyl]-styrene}.