甲壳型液晶高分子的独特液晶行为*

通过ATRP合成了低分散度的甲壳型液晶高分子PBPCS. 用GPC测定了聚合物的分子量及其分布; 用热分析仪测定了聚合物的玻璃化转变温度; 用POM, WAXD, DSC, Rheometrics ARES流变仪等多种手段表征了PBPCS的独特液晶行为: 升温过程中, PBPCS在玻璃化转变温度之上存在一个各向同性相, 进一步升温进入液晶相——六方柱状向列相; 降温过程中, 液晶相消失, 重新进入各向同性相. 这种独特相转变发生的关键因素是熵的增加, 是一个熵驱动过程.     

羟乙基纤维素醋酸酯热致液晶性和相转变

本文研究了羟乙基纤维素醋酸酯的热致液晶和相转变过程。发现升温时,在130～185℃范围内羟乙基纤维素醋酸是各向异性的熔体,在温度高于185℃以后是各向同性的熔体。降温时,各向异性相在165℃时开始形成,进一步冷却到室温,形成液晶玻璃态。在降温过程中,相转变和液晶相织构的形成都很快,而且一旦液晶相的织构形成以后就不再随时间和温度降低而变化。羟乙基纤维素醋酸酯的热致液晶性还受其分子量影响,分子量越高,相转变温度越高。但是,在适当的分子量下,羟乙基纤维素醋酸酯才有最大的动力学相转变能力。     

甲壳型液晶高分子的一种非寻常热致液晶行为

根据液晶相的稳定性 ,热致性液晶有双向性和单向性之分 .前者在升温和降温过程中都能形成液晶 ,而后者只能在降温过程中形成液晶 .原因是单向性液晶的液晶相不稳定 ,清亮点Ｔｉ 低于熔点Ｔｍ .升温时 ,样品熔融后直接进入各向同性的熔体 ;降温时 ,由于结晶过程的过冷 ,冷结晶温度Ｔｃ 低于Ｔｉ,样品先从各向同性态进入液晶态 ,然后才结晶 .一般情况下 ,如果液晶化合物自身是非晶的 ,所形成的有序结构不会由于冷却而遭到破坏 .最近 ,我们在研究分子量和液晶基元末端长度对甲壳型液晶高分子液晶性影响的时候发现 ,聚 [2 ,5 双 ( 4′ 正己氧基…     

四氟乙烯-六氟丙烯共聚物熔体中的转变

自从发现高分子液晶以来,对聚合物熔体中转变的研究逐渐为人们所重视。近年来,巳在多种聚合物熔体中发现了转变。在刚性链聚合物中发现的转变大都具有液晶相转变的性质。最近我们在四氟乙烯-六氟丙烯共聚物(FEP共聚物)熔体中也发现了这种转变。我们在研究熔体温度对FEP共聚物结晶形态及结晶性质的影响时,曾发现在310～320℃附近,FEP共聚物熔融结晶的形态明显地依赖于熔体温度~([1])。当熔体温度保持在320℃以上时,冷却结晶得到球晶形态;而当熔体温度低于310℃时,冷却得到晶片无规堆积形态;从310～320℃温度区间冷却结晶则形成棒晶。这些结晶形态的变化很易用小角光散射H_v图象来识别。同时,差示扫描量热仪测得的降温结晶曲线也随着熔体温度变化,发生突变的温度范围也在310～320℃之间。由于结晶形态和结晶性质的变化,均可以在同一试样中重复出现,因此,这种变化显然与熔体结构在此温度范围内发生变化有关,而不是由     

热致液晶共聚酯对聚丙烯结晶的诱导作用

用差示扫描量热法和光学解偏振法研究了热致液晶性芳香共聚酯与聚丙烯共混物的等温和非多温结晶行为.结果表明,这一热致液晶聚合物对聚丙烯结晶有诱导成核和加速作用.当共聚酯含量在2-5％之间时,聚丙烯的结晶速率最快.偏光显微镜的观察揭示出在聚丙烯熔体中原位形成的液晶聚合物微纤诱导了聚丙烯横穿晶的形成.     

甲基纤维素/二氯乙酸液晶溶液的相转变

本文研究了甲基纤维素/二氯乙酸液晶溶液液晶相与各向同性相之间相互转变的过程。在连续升温过程中,由于液晶相内部有序度的非均一性,升温速率对液晶相织构随温度的变化有较大的影响。在等温相转变过程中,无论是从各向同性态转变为液晶态,还是其逆过程,从液晶态转变为各向同性态,相转变曲线均具有指数方程特征。利用与 Avrami 方程相似的指数方程进行处理,在从各向同性态转变为液晶态时,指数 n 大部分约为1。但液晶相向各向同性相在低于 Tc 时的相转变中,n 均小于1。相转变速率受溶液浓度和温度的影响。在质量分数为0.259的浓度时,液晶相向各向同性相的转变在低于 Tc 时39.5℃进行得最快。     

热致型液晶聚合物的等温和非等温晶化动力学

利用等温和非等温方法详细研究了芳香族聚酯──热致型聚合物对，对’－联苯二甲酸二辛酯的结晶相和液晶相形成机理，并计算了相变过程中的表面自由能与温度系数，研究结果表明：从介晶相开始的结晶过程是二维异相成核、三维线性增长的，而从各向同性液相开始的液晶相形成过程则是二维异相成核二维线性增长的．对两个晶化过程的表面自由能的研究表明，该聚合物液晶相形成过程的相转变表面自由能比结晶过程小得多，预示了它将具有更大的晶化速率．研究还发现，该聚合物的液晶相形成过程具有比结晶过程大得多的温度敏感性．     

热致液晶共聚酯／含酚酞侧基聚芳醚砜共混物的流变行为研究

采用溶液共混制备耻不同比例的热致液晶共聚酯／含酚酞侧基聚芳醚砜共混物。利用锥板流变仪对共混体系的熔体流变性能进行了初步研究，测定了熔体粘度－温度、粘度－剪切速度的关系，结果表明该液晶聚合物能明显降低聚芳醚砜的熔体粘度。     

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.     

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。     

Thermally stimulated current and DSC studies of the broadened glass transition in liquid crystalline polymers

The high sensitivity of the thermally stimulated current, thermal sampling (TS) method is emphasized in a study of the breadth of the glass transition in several liquid-crystalline polymers (LCPs). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was performed on all samples to further quantify the glass transition regions. For “random” copolyester LCPs with widely varying degrees of crystallinity, including highly amorphous samples, very broad glass tran-sition regions were observed. One semicrystalline alternating copolyester and a series of semicrystalline azomethine LCPs were studied as examples of structurally regular polymers. These exhibited relatively sharp glass transitions more comparable to ordinary isotropic amorphous or semicrystalline polymers. The broad glass transitions in the random copolyesters are attributed to structural heterogeneity of the chains. In one example of a moderate-crystallinity random copolyester LCP (Vectra), glass transitions ranging up to ca. 150°C in breadth were determined by the thermal sampling (TS) method and DSC. In other lower crystallinity copolyester LCPs, the main glass transition temperature as determined by DSC was comparable to that determined by TSC although cooperative relaxations of a minor fraction of the overall relaxing species were detected well below the main T_g, by the TS method and not by DSC. Rapid quenches from the isotropic melt to an isotropic glass were possible with one LCP. The anisotropic and isotropic glassy states for this LCP were found to have the same breadth of the glass transition as was determined by the TS method, although TSC and DSC show that T_g is shifted downward by ca. 15°C in the anisotropic glass as compared to the isotropic glass. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Mwd Measurements of Liquid Crystalline Aromatic Polyesters by Gpc-Lalls Using A Mixed Solvent

Abstract

A GPC-LALLS method was developed to measure the molecular weight distribution(MWD) of liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters(LCPs). Pentafluolophenol and chloroform(35:65% by weight) as a mixed solvent was found to maintain the stability of LCPs solutions and to yild reliable GPC-LALLS curves for LCPs at room temperature.     

热致型液晶聚合物的晶化动力学

本文探讨了液晶聚合物的结晶与液晶相转变动力学机理。通过不同温度下液晶化与结晶化过程的Avrami指数与生长速率的变化,提出了各聚合物液晶生长和结晶生长所可能采取的方式。此外,还对一些液晶聚合物结晶时形成的球晶进行了分析和讨论。     

The Kinetics of Nematic Phase Separation on Cooling the Isotropic Phase of Mesogenic Siloxane-Azomethine Polyether

The kinetics of nematic phase droplet growth as an isotropic melt of mesogenic siloxane-azomethine polyether was cooled was studied by polarizing microscopy. The results were processed statistically and described using the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. An analysis of the time dependences of statistical distribution parameters revealed the occurrence of two regimes of phase separation, (1) the formation of droplets and their growth and (2) coalescence of droplets. Both regimes were quantitatively described by the universal law of the growth of clusters.     

LCP aromatic polyesters by esterolysis melt polymerization

Polyarylates have previously been synthesized from acetate esters via esterolysis (loss of methyl acetate). This polycondensation can be extended to p‐substituted aromatic monomers for liquid crystal polyesters (LCPs). For AB‐type polymers, methyl p‐acetoxybenzoate and methyl 6‐acetoxynaphthoate were copolymerized to an LCP with reasonable molecular weights. Benzoate esters, methyl 4‐benzoyloxybenzoate (MBB) and methyl 6‐benzoyloxy‐2‐naphthoate (MBN), are also investigated. Several tin and antimony oxide catalysts were effective. The rate of esterolysis polymerization of MBB and MBN is slower than that of the corresponding acidolysis melt polymerization, but fast enough to give relatively high‐molecular‐weight polymers and similar thermal stability as commercial LCP prepared by acidolysis. Using these alternative benzoyloxy groups significantly reduced the color problem, because ketene loss cannot occur. Esterolysis melt polymerizations leading to AB/AABB‐type LCPs were performed using either dimethyl 2,6‐naphthalene dicarboxylate (DMND) or dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) with methyl 4‐acetoxybenzoate and phenylhydroquinone diacetate with tin and antimony catalysts. DMT‐based monomer compositions show much faster polymerization than DMND‐based compositions using antimony oxide catalyst. All these LCPs show a T_g in the 140–170 °C range as a result of the inclusion of the naphthalene and/or phenyl hydroquinone units in the polymer chain. Compositions completely off‐balanced on either side still lead to relatively high‐molecular‐weight copolyesters because either excess monomer can be removed during polymerization. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 3586–3595, 2000     

MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OFAN AROMATIC POLY (AZOMETHINE ETHER) WITH NON-LINEARLY SHAPED MOLECULAR CONFORMATIONS

The melting and crystallization behavior have been investigated for an aromatic poly(azomethine ether) with non-linearly shaped molecular conformations. This polymer wasfound to undergo multiple melting processes and its phase transition behavior wasinfluenced sensitively by the thermal history of sample. A significant difference between thepolymer chain aggregation abilities of samples cooled from the different states wasobserved. The possible molecular morphology and aggregation models for describing thestructures of this polymer were proposed and discussed. The crystallization behavior of thesamples cooled from the partially isotropic state and the influence of cooling rate on it havealso been examined with DSC.     

Effect of the thermal history on the phase transition and the liquid crystalline structure of thermotropic polyesters

A series of triad type thermotropic polyesters based on phenylsulfonyl hydroquinone and α,ω-bis(4-carboxyphenoxy)alkane was prepared, and the effect of the thermal history on the phase transition and the liquid crystalline structure of the polyesters was studied. The phase transition was significantly affected by the thermal history. When annealed at various temperatures, multiple endotherms were observed for all polyesters in DSC thermograms. A phase stability concept was employed to explain the complicated phase transitions. The time evolution of the liquid crystalline structure was investigated by optical microscopy and transmitted light intensity measurement under crossed polars during annealing. The steady decrease in the density of disclinations with accompanying increase of transmitted light intensity was observed. Depending on the surface conditions of the liquid crystal polymer film, two markedly different domain growth patterns and different textures were found on isothermal annealing; the continuous wormlike texture and the discontinuous droplet texture. The structural relaxation of the deformed texture during annealing was also studied. When shear was applied, the characteristic banded texture was formed in all polyesters.     

Free-radical chain generation of ketene during the synthesis of liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters

At the high temperatures used for the preparation of liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters (LCPs), ketene cleavage occurred from acetoxyarenes. Ketene is known to oligomerize to colored oligomers which may be responsible for an undesirable yellow color in LCPs. Thermolysis of the model compound p-acetoxybenzoate gave ketene oligomers and methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, which oligomerized. A free-radical chain reaction mechanism for ketene formation was demonstrated by the reaction of tributyltin hydride with haloacetoxyarenes.     

Thermal degradation mechanisms of liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters studied by pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

The thermal degradation mechanisms of liquid crystalline aromatic polyesters (LCPs) prepared from p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHB), biphenol (BP), and terephthalic acid (TA) were studied by pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The LCP containing deuterated terephthalate units and the LCPs that have different comonomer ratios were examined. On the basis of the pyrolysis products determined, the origin of the main pyrolysis products (benzene, phenol, biphenyl, phenyl benzoate, etc.) from the corresponding comonomer units were estimated and their thermal degradation mechanisms were eventually discussed in detail.