聚苯撑苯并二噻唑的甲基磺酸溶液的相转变过程及其动力学研究

 用退偏振光强度法及偏光显微镜研究了溶致性液晶高分子聚苯撑苯并二噻唑的甲基磺酸溶液(PBT/MSA)由液晶相至各向同性相(N→I转变),及由各向同性相至液晶相(I→N转变)的相变过程.液晶相的形成(I→N)服从Av-rami方程,Avrami指数为1左右,表明该体系的液晶相是以一维棒状方式形成的.相转变温度与浓度有关,提高温度可加速在应力下液晶相长程有序结构的形成.     

5-{[(4′-正戊基氧-4-联苯基基)羰基]氧}-1-戊炔的相转变与相结构

采用差示扫描量热(DSC)、一维(1D)广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、热台偏光显微镜(PLM-hotstage)等研究手段对含联苯液晶基元的侧链液晶聚炔单体5-{[(4′-正戊基氧-4-联苯基基)羰基]氧}-1-戊炔(A3EO5)的本体相转变和相结构进行了研究.DSC和1D-WAXD实验结果表明,A3EO5在升温和降温过程中均呈现四个相转变过程,形成双向性液晶.样品从各向同性态降温至室温过程中,首先形成近晶A相,随后进入层内排列具有准长程有序的近晶B相,继续降温将形成层内为正交排列的近晶E相,在此之后样品进入晶相.PLM结果指出样品在各向同性态降温过程中分别形成球状织构、角锥织构和同心圆弧织构.     

序列嵌段共聚酯液晶高分子相转变动力学及机理研究

用DSC、PLM、WAXD等方法研究了序列嵌段共聚酯液晶高分子的结晶动力学及相转变机理.结果表明,从各向同性相温度(T_i)结晶经历了中介相阶段,从中介相温度(T_N)和从T_i温度结晶的结晶机理均为取向链段的聚集成核及低维生长,Avrami指数都接近2.两种结晶途径均形成了不同完善程度的结晶形态.柔性嵌段PTHF含量对试样的液晶行为和结晶行为有很大影响,PTHF含量在20％左右向列型中介相表现出高取向,易成核的特性.     

聚十三烷二酸对偶氮氧苯酚酯的合成及液晶态性质

本文用十三烷二酸和对偶氮氧苯酚合成了具有长链柔性单元的聚十三烷二酸对偶氮氧苯酚酯。用各种方法对其液晶态性质进行了表征和研究,并与结构相似的液晶聚合物聚十二烷二酸对偶氮氧苯酚酯及聚十三烷二酸2,2′-二甲基对偶氮氧苯酚酯进行了比较,用实验数据阐明了产生相转变奇偶效应的主要原因。并由热分析数据从又一方面证实了Flory关于液晶态中各向异性相与各向同性相共存的观点。     

柔性高分子/液晶体系的相平衡理论

在Flory-HugginS柔性高分子溶液理论和Lebwohl-Lasher液晶模型的基础上;导出了柔性高分子/液晶复合体系的混合自由能和化学位,并计算了相应的相图。计算结果表明,体系可出现各向同性相(Ⅰ)和各向同性相(Ⅰ),以及各向同性相(Ⅰ)和向列相(N)间的相平衡。并且发现,高分子链段与液晶分子间的各向同性相互作用对I/N的相平衡有重要影响。与实验结果的比较表明,本理论能完整、正确地描述高分子/液晶体系的相平衡。     

壳聚糖液晶溶液的性能

制备了聚糖液晶溶液,并采用偏光显微镜(POM)、流变仪、差示扫描量热仪(DSC)等分别对液晶织构、黏度、相转变性能进行了研究.结果表明:壳聚糖呈现典型的胆甾相液晶织构;其溶液黏度随浓度及剪切力的变化规律符合高分子液晶溶液的变化规律;在DSC升、降温曲线上分别存在吸热峰和放热峰.     

甲壳素类液晶高分子的研究Ⅷ. N-邻苯二甲酰化壳聚糖/DMSO液晶溶液的热致相转变

合成了氮上完全取代的邻苯二甲酰化壳聚糖 (PhthCS) .用DSC研究了PhthCS DMSO液晶溶液的热致相转变 .偏光显微镜和DSC测定都表明临界浓度为 43wt% .在浓度高于 43wt%的溶液的DSC曲线中观察到了除了液晶 各向同性液体转变 (清亮点 )外还有一个明显的凝胶 溶胶转变 .凝胶 溶胶转变温度和转变焓均比文献报道的不规则取代的N 邻苯二甲酰化 O 乙酰化壳聚糖大得多 ,可见取代的规整性对凝胶 溶较转变有很大的影响 .根据DSC研究结果绘制了PhthCS DMSO体系的相图     

聚(乙烯基对苯二甲酸二烷基酯)的非寻常相转变

以聚(乙烯基对苯二甲酸二烷基酯)(PDAVT)为对象,用热分析、X射线衍射、流变及固体核磁共振等方法考察了甲壳型液晶高分子中存在的"低温无序、高温有序"的非寻常相行为.实验证明,在升温过程中,烷基基团为丁基、己基和辛基的PDAVT(P4、P6和P8)可从无定形态发育出柱状(Col)液晶相,导致在高温区体系模量升高.降温时P6和P8可完全回到无定形态,表现出典型的"各向同性相重入"行为.PDAVT液晶相畴的生长具有一维生长的特点,是成核控制的,升高温度可加快Col相的形成.固体核磁共振实验表明,样品从无定形态转变为Col相的过程与侧链运动性的不断加强有密切关系.我们也初步探索了剪切场或拉伸场对液晶转变的影响,发现当温度不高时,剪切或拉伸既不改变液晶转变温度,也没有提高液晶态样品的液晶化程度.综合分析多方面的实验结果可以看出,PDAVT的非寻常相行为是熵主导的.侧链的加速运动会增强"甲壳效应",Col相是侧链熵最大化的结果.     

全芳香族共聚酯的结构和其液晶行为研究

本文对不同组成的对苯二甲酸(TPA),对羟基苯甲酸(PHBA),联苯二酚(BP),间苯二甲酸(IPA)共聚酯采用热台偏光显微镜、电子显微镜、X-射线衍射、激光小角散射、差热等技术进行了研究.实验结果表明,在一定的组成范围内共聚酯熔体有很好的液晶性.重点讨论了分子组成、转变行为、液晶性的关系,并对液晶相的形态结构进行了表征.     

一个判别液晶聚合物状态的新方法

伴随液晶相转变而产生的转变焓、转变熵可提供有关各相的结构、状态及有序度等信息.本文从动力学、热力学角度分析了液晶聚合物从各向同性熔体冷却时系统的热熵变化,建立了液晶聚合物升降温过程中的热熵图,提出了定量判断液晶聚合物从各向同性熔体冷却后所处状态的新方法.     

KINETICS OF MESOPHASE FORMATION OF A LYOTROPIC AROMATIC POLYAMIDE

The kinetics of mesophase formation of a lyotropic aromatic polyamide from isotropic state has been studied by means of depolarized light intensity. Avrami type analysis of the data gives an exponent close to 1, which suggests the nucleation followed by one-dimensional growth. No influence of blending flexible chain from nylon 6 to the aromatic polyamide on the kinetics of mesophase formation was observed.     

Analysis of mesophase formation in side-chain liquid crystalline polycarbosilanes

This paper is concerned with an analysis of the thermodynamics and kinetics of mesophase formation by cooling from the isotropic state of side-chain liquid crystalline polycarbosilanes containing spacers in the range from 3 to 11 CH₂-groups. The polymers are characterized by their thermotropic behaviour as far as temperature, enthalpy and entropy of the transitions are concerned. The kinetics was followed by optical and calorimetric methods. Longer spacer length leads to more perfect ordering in the mesophase, higher isotropization temperatures, and lower glass transition temperatures. The Avrami and Ozawa formalism to describe the transition kinetics to the mesophase from the isotropic state cannot be interpreted as the nucleation and growth mechanism known from crystallization.Dedicated to Professor Bernhard Wunderlich on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

KINETICSOF TRANSITION FROM ISOTROPIC TO CHOLESTERIC PHASE FOR A THERMOTROPIC CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE

The kinetics of mesophase formation of a thermotropic hydroxyethyl cellulose acetatefrom isotropic phase to cholesteric mesophase has been studied by means of depolariz-ing transmittance method. Avrami type analysis of the data gives an exponent n close to1, which suggests the nucleation followed by rod-like growth. It means that the kineticbehavior of phase transition from isotropic to cholesteric mesophase is very similar to thatof the mesophase formation from isotropic to nematic mesophase.     

STUDIES ON THE KINETICS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS OF A MAIN CHAIN THERMOTROPIC POLYESTER

The kinetics of phase transitions including a transition between mesophases were studied for a main-chain thermotropic polyester by means of DSC and depolarizing transmittance techniques. The isothermal process of these transitions was found to be described by the Avrami equation to high conversions. The Avrami exponents n are about 2,4, 5.3 and 2.2 for liquid crystallization, transition between mesophases and crystallization from mesophase respectively. The liquid crystallization from isotropic liquid phase occurs at very low undercoolings with high transformation rate. This behavior is explained as the results of the smaller value of the surface free energy for mesophase than that for crystallites which is evidenced by the very weak temperature dependence of liquid crystallization rate.     

Phase transitions in mesophase macromolecules. VI. The transitions in poly(oxy-2,2′-dimethylazoxybenzene-4,4′-diyloxydodecanedioyl)

The transitions of poly(oxy-2,2′-dimethylazoxybenzene-4,4′-diyloxydodecanedioyl) (PDAD) have been analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry, optical microscopy, and light scattering. The mesophase glass devitrifies at 288 K [ΔC_p = 220 J/K mol]. Crystallization from the liquid mesophase can be described between 322 and 362 K by an Avrami expression with an exponent between 3 and 4. Results of light scattering and optical microscopy are in accord with a spherulitic morphology grown after athermal nucleation. Melting of the semicrystalline samples (crystallinity up to 58%) occurs at about 391 K. The heat of fusion of the completely crystalline sample is calculated to be only 13.55 kJ/mol. The mesophase to isotropic phase transition occurs at 418 K with a heat of transition of 4.1 kJ/mol. A general discussion of these transitions is given.     

Thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers with low thermal transitions. II. Low melting thermotropic liquid crystalline homo- and co-polyesters

Thermotropic liquid crystalline (TLC) polymers with low melt transitions are useful for imaging technologies. This is the first report describing thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyesters of low melt transitions comprised of a mesogen with up to three different spacer moieties. We have noted that the smectic mesophase range decreased with increasing amounts of different spacer moieties, without altering the isotropic transition and thereby leading to a broader nematic range. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Orientation dynamics in isotropic phases of model oligofluorenes: glass or liquid crystal

Orientation molecular dynamics were investigated in a series of "defect-free" oligofluorenes by depolarized dynamic light scattering and dynamic NMR spectroscopy. Typical liquid crystalline pretransitional dynamics were observed upon cooling the isotropic phase to the liquid crystalline phase with strong increase of the scattered intensity and slowing down of the characteristic time of the probed collective relaxation. This is well accounted for by the Landau-de Gennes theory, however, with a strong temperature dependence of the viscosity coefficient, reflecting the proximity of the glass transition. For the trimer the two transitions almost overlap and the molecular orientation coincide with the alpha-relaxation associated with the glass transition. The NMR measurements confirm that the time scale of the dynamics is completely governed by the glass process, yet the geometry of the motion is anisotropic, yielding order parameters ranging from 0.15 to 0.25 for the long axis in the liquid crystalline phase. The glass transition is therefore geometrically restricted with poorly ordered mesophase which is consistent with the weak transverse phonons in the light scattering experiment down to Tg+20 K.     

MORPHOLOGICAL AND KINETIC STUDIES OF PHASE TRANSITIONS OF A SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER

The morphological changes of a side-chain liquid-crystalline polymethacrylate during isotropi-zation and liquid-crystallization transitions were studied by means of polarizing microscopy. These tran-sitions were found to be composed of the initiation of a new phase at local places of the old phase matrix andthe growth of the new phase domains. The kinetics of the liquid-crystallization of the polymer from anisotropic melt to a smectic mesophase was also investigated. The isothermal process of the transition can bedescribed by the Avrami equation. The values of the Avrami exponent were found to be around 2.6, which islower than the value usually obtained for crystallization transition of polymers, but larger than that reportedfor liquid-crystallization transition of main-chain polymers. These results may indicate the difference ingrowth geometry of new phase during transition between crystallization and liquid-crystallization in generaland between liquid-crystallization of main-chain and side-chain polymers. It was found that the liquid-crystallization of the used side-chain polymethacrylate may occur at small undercoolings with hightransformation rate similar to that of main-chain polymers and small-molecule liquid crystals, while thecrystallization of polymers can only proceed at large undercoolings. These phenomena can be explained bythe idea that the surface free energy of nucleus during liquid-crystallization transition is less than that forcrystallization, and evidence was obtained from analysis of the temperature dependence of the transformationrate.     

Phase equilibria and photopolymerisation-induced phase transitions of mesogenic diacrylate monomer and low molecular mass liquid crystal mixture

Experimental phase diagrams of binary mesogenic mixtures of reactive mesogenic diacrylate (RM257) monomer and low molar mass liquid crystals (E7) were determined by means of differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. The combined free energy densities of Flory–Huggins for liquid–liquid demixing, Maier–Saupe for nematic ordering, and phase field free energy for crystal solidification was proposed to describe the phase diagrams of the starting E7/RM257 mixtures. The phase diagram thus constructed is an ideal mixing type, exhibiting a narrow loop of isotropic + nematic (I + N) coexistence region followed by the crystal + nematic (Cr1 + N) region in descending order of temperature. Of particular interest is the permanent fixation of the mesophase structures upon photopolymerisation of neat RM257 in the corresponding nematic and crystalline phases. Upon photopolymerisation of a low RM257 content mixture in both isotropic and nematic states, the nematic–isotropic transition of E7 was found to persist. The permanent structural anchoring is seen upon photo-curing of the 90/10 RM257/E7 mixture in the crystalline state.