基于“多链超分子柱”的侧链液晶高分子柱状相

一些具有伸展构象的侧链液晶高分子,如甲壳型液晶高分子或树枝化高分子,可以经由分子链的平行排列而呈现柱状液晶相.一般认为,该类柱状相的基本结构单元是单根高分子链所形成的超分子柱.而以几根链组装形成的超分子柱,即"多链超分子柱",也可作为侧链液晶高分子柱状相的基本结构单元,但多年以来这一现象并未引起人们的重视.近期,我们以hemiphasmid型侧链液晶高分子为研究对象,阐明了"多链超分子柱"是侧链液晶高分子柱状相微相分离的一种重要形式.本文从hemiphasmid型侧链液晶高分子的柱状相结构分析、化学结构对"多链超分子柱"的影响、"多链超分子柱"模型的理论分析与预测、"多链超分子柱"的"柱内缠结"以及hemiphasmid型侧链液晶聚降冰片烯的功能性等若干方面,对基于"多链超分子柱"的侧链液晶高分子柱状相进行了介绍.我们认为,深入研究"多链超分子柱"性质,将拓展侧链液晶高分子的应用领域,加深对高分子物理基本问题的认识.     

苯并菲类液晶高分子合成及应用

苯并菲液晶材料能够自组装成柱状相,被广泛应用在光电材料方面、功能分子膜、信息储存等方面。苯并菲衍生物合成方法简单,并且具有非常良好的光电性质,引起了研究者的广泛关注。苯并菲液晶高分子可以分为不同的类型,其合成方法也不相同。本文在简单介绍苯并菲液晶高分子合成方法的同时,对苯并菲液晶高分子的应用也做简要的概括。     

苯并菲类液晶高分子合成及应用北大核心CSCD

苯并菲液晶材料能够自组装成柱状相,被广泛应用在光电材料方面、功能分子膜、信息储存等方面。苯并菲衍生物合成方法简单,并且具有非常良好的光电性质,引起了研究者的广泛关注。苯并菲液晶高分子可以分为不同的类型,其合成方法也不相同。本文在简单介绍苯并菲液晶高分子合成方法的同时,对苯并菲液晶高分子的应用也做简要的概括。     

侧基甲壳效应和甲壳型液晶高分子

侧链液晶高分子体系里,液晶基元可以通过尾接或腰接的方式与主链相连.一般认为,在液晶基元与主链间插入一段长度合适的＂柔性间隔基＂可有效实现主、侧链间的动力学去偶合,从而有利于侧基液晶基元之间的有序排列.作为一类特殊的腰接型侧链液晶高分子,甲壳型液晶高分子中体积较大的侧基（如棒状液晶基元）通过非常短的间隔基或仅通过一个碳-碳键直接横挂至主链上,这导致了强烈的甲壳效应,使得主链被迫伸展.因此,可从与＂柔性间隔基＂完全不同的角度出发,充分利用主链和侧基间的偶合作用,设计甲壳型液晶高分子.本文综述了腰接型侧链液晶高分子中的侧基甲壳效应、甲壳型液晶高分子中由主链与侧基相互作用所导致的特殊构象以及液晶相结构.研究表明,侧基甲壳效应在调控甲壳型液晶高分子的形状、尺寸以及螺旋结构等方面有重要作用.甲壳型液晶高分子可作为刚-柔嵌段共聚物的刚性链段,也可作为主/侧链结合型液晶高分子的主链部分参与到多层次分级超分子有序结构的构筑之中.     

具有不同柱状结构的苯并菲盘状液晶化合物的合成及自组装

合成了3种含有不同长度烷基链的苯并菲盘状液晶化合物; 通过1H NMR 和 MALDI-TOF MS对其结构进行了表征; 利用差示扫描量热法(DSC)、热台偏光显微镜(POM)和小角X射线散射实验(SAXS)对3种液晶化合物的自组装行为进行了研究. 结果表明, 烷基链的长度对苯并菲盘状液晶化合物自组装结构的影响显著. 柔性链为辛基的苯并菲盘状液晶化合物自组装成六方柱状液晶相; 柔性链为十二烷基的化合物自组装成倾斜柱状液晶相; 而柔性链为十六烷基的化合物则未形成液晶相.     

盘状液晶材料的研究进展

盘状液晶分子容易形成柱状堆积的超分子组装体, 由于分子在液晶态具有一定的流动性, 使得组装体具有良好的结构缺陷自修复功能. 因此具有特定芳香共轭结构的盘状液晶分子可以呈现较高的导电特性, 能够有效传输电荷, 具有制备光电器件的潜在应用价值. 本文主要介绍以苯环、苯并菲、六苯并蔻、苝和肽菁为中心核的盘状液晶材料, 其分子结构的化学修饰对液晶性能的影响, 液晶材料在有机发光二极管(OLED)、有机场效应晶体管(OFET)和太阳能电池器件中的应用, 以及盘状液晶材料相关的动力学研究进展.     

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.     

含1,3,4-噁二唑甲壳型液晶聚合物的合成与表征

甲壳型液晶聚合物（mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymer,MJLCP）是1987年由周其凤教授[1]首先提出的概念.从化学结构看,甲壳型液晶聚合物属于侧链型,由烯类单体经链式聚合制得,容易得到高分子量的产物,具有一般柔性侧链型液晶聚合物的一些优点.但是与柔性侧链型液晶聚合物不同的是,MJLCP分子中的刚性液晶基元是通过腰部或重心位置与主链相联结的,在主链与刚性液晶基元的侧基之间只有很短或者没有柔性间隔基.由于在这类液晶聚合物的分子主链周围空间内刚性液晶基元的密度很高,分子主链被由液晶基元形成的外壳所包裹并被迫采取相对伸直的刚性链构象.因此,这类液晶聚合物又和主链型刚性链液晶聚合物相似,具有较明显的链刚性.近年来,周其凤课题组围绕甲壳型液晶聚合物深入开展了分子设计与合成、分子结构与性能等多方面的研究.其中,设计合成具有特定功能的甲壳型液晶聚合物是在以往研究工作和学科交叉融合的基础上发展起来的一项新的研究工作.将一些有特殊功能的基团引入到甲壳型液晶聚合物中会使其具有崭新的特性.     

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.     

手性化合物环境下制备甲壳型液晶高分子

甲壳型液晶高分子的研究是我国独创[1 ,2 ] ,已产生了积极的科学影响 .虽然它们在化学结构上属于侧链型 ,但在分子形态上更接近于主链型液晶高分子[3] .由于庞大的液晶基元对空间的要求 ,液晶高分子主链被迫采取尽可能伸展的构象[4,5] .然而 ,至今尚不清楚主链与液晶基元之间是怎样协同作用以形成有序结构 .本文探索了在不同手性化合物环境下制备单手螺旋链甲壳型液晶高分子的可能性 .尽管最后并未获得螺旋链高分子 ,但仍取得了一些有价值的结果 .手性化合物环境分别是 ( )薄荷醇 ( 1 )作为反应溶剂、( )过氧化 二 (碳酸薄荷醇酯 ( 2 )作…     

Ordered nanostructures at two different length scales mediated by temperature: A triphenylene‐containing mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymer with a long spacer

A mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymer (MJLCP) containing triphenylene (Tp) moieties in the side chains with 12 methylene units as spacers (denoted as PP12V) was synthesized. Its liquid crystalline (LC) phase behavior was studied with a combination of solution ¹H NMR, solid‐state NMR, gel permeation chromatography, thermogravimetric analysis, polarized light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and one‐ and two‐dimensional wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction. By simply varying the temperature, two ordered nanostructures at sub‐10‐nm length scales originating from two LC building blocks were obtained in one polymer. The low‐temperature phase of the polymer is a hexagonal columnar phase (Φ_H, a = 2.06 nm) self‐organized by Tp discotic mesogens. The high‐temperature phase is a nematic columnar phase with a larger dimension (a′ = 4.07 nm) developed by the rod‐like supramolecular mesogen—the MJLCP chain as a whole. A re‐entrant isotropic phase is found in the medium temperature range. Partially homeotropic alignment of the polymer can be achieved when treated with an electric field, with the polymer in the Φ_H phase developed by the Tp moieties. The incorporation of Tp moieties through relatively long spacers (12 methylene units) disrupts the ordered packing of the MJLCP at low temperatures, which is the first case for main‐chain/side‐chain combined LC polymers with MJLCPs as the main‐chain LC building block to the best of our knowledge. The relationship of the molecular structure and the novel phase behavior of PP12V has implications in the design of LC polymers containing nanobuilding blocks toward constructing ordered nanostructures at different length scales. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 295–304     

甲壳型液晶高分子的构筑、自组装及其功能化

甲壳型液晶高分子的发展很大程度上依赖于聚合物自组装的发展,而各种可设计、可预测、可调控的自组装策略的涌现,将甲壳型液晶高分子研究推向前所未有的高度,同时也极大地丰富了高分子化学与物理的内容,提升了研究水准.研究表明,侧链"甲壳效应"在调控甲壳型液晶高分子有序结构等方面有着重要作用.本综述从甲壳型液晶高分子设计合成、液晶相态调控、嵌段共聚物自组装和功能化应用等方面,总结和评述了近年来该领域国内的最新研究进展.最后,本综述总结了甲壳型液晶高分子在发展中所面临的主要问题,并对其发展趋势进行了展望.     

Synthesis and properties of mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymers containing biphenyl mesogen with asymmetric substitutions

This work focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of a series of mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymers (MJLCPs), poly(alkyl 4′‐(octyloxy)‐2‐vinylbiphenyl‐4‐carboxylate) (pVBP(m,8), m = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12). For the first time, we realized asymmetric substitutions in the mesogens of MJLCPs. The polymers obtained by conventional free radical polymerization were investigated in detail by a combination of various techniques, such as differential scanning calorimetry, wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, and polarized light microscopy. Our results showed that all the polymers were thermally stable, and their glass transition temperatures decreased when m increased. The liquid crystalline (LC) phases that developed at high temperatures and disappeared at low temperatures were strongly dependent on the difference in lengths of alkyl groups on the 4 and 4′ substitution positions of the side‐chain biphenyl. While polymer pVBP(1,8) was not liquid crystalline, columnar liquid crystalline phases were observed for all other pVBP(m,8) (m = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) polymers. Polymer pVBP(8,8) showed a tetragonal columnar nematic liquid crystalline phase, and the other LC polymers exhibited columnar nematic phases. In additions, the smaller the difference in the lengths of the terminal alkyls, the easier the development of the liquid crystalline phase. Birefringence measurements showed that solution‐cast polymer films exhibited moderately high positive birefringence values, indicating potential applications as optical compensation films for liquid crystal displays. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011     

Influence of different linkage groups in biphenyl mesogenic core on phase behaviors of mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymers

The work focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of a series of mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystalline polymers (MJLCPs) based on the octyl substituted biphenyl mesogenic core through different linkage groups. The molecular characterizations of the polymers obtained by conventional free radical polymerization were performed with ¹H NMR, gel permeation chromatography, and thermogravimetric analysis. Their thermotropic liquid crystalline (LC) behaviors were investigated in detail by a combination of various techniques, such as polarized light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and 1D and 2D wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction. Our results showed that all the polymers were thermally stable, and their LC phases were greatly dependent on the linking groups between the biphenyl mesogenic core and terminal alkyl group substituent. Polymers with ether/ester or ether linkage group exhibited an unusual phase behavior with temperature increasing, tetragonal columnar nematic LC phase, or columnar nematic phase developed at high temperatures for the polymers transformed into amorphous phase during cooling process, showing a re‐entrant phase behaviors. However, polymers with ester linkage group were not LC with temperature varied. It is illustrated that subtle changes in the molecular structure brought about tremendous variation of the LC phase properties for MJLCPs. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 2545–2554     

甲壳型液晶高分子研究进展与展望

简要介绍了甲壳型液晶高分子的模型理论, 概述了当前国内外对甲壳型液晶高分子设计、 液晶相态、 性质及基于甲壳型液晶高分子的嵌段共聚物体系的设计和自组装性质等研究进展, 展望了今后的研究方向.     

Phase Behavior and Mesophase Structures of 1,3,5‐Benzene‐ and 1,3,5‐Cyclohexanetricarboxamides: Towards an Understanding of the Losing Order at the Transition into the Isotropic Phase

One of the simplest and most‐versatile motifs in supramolecular chemistry is based on 1,3,5‐benzenetricarboxamides. Variation of the core structure and subtle changes in the structures of the lateral substituents govern the self‐assembly and determine the phase behavior. Herein, we provide a comprehensive comparison between the phase behavior and mesophase structure of a series of 1,3,5‐benzene‐ and 1,3,5‐cyclohexanetricarboxamides that contain linear and branched alkyl substituents. Depending on the substituent, different crystalline, plastic crystalline, and liquid crystalline phases were formed. The relatively rare columnar nematic (N_C) phase was only observed in cyclohexane‐based trisamides that contained linear alkyl substituents. Of fundamental interest in liquid crystalline supramolecular systems is the transition from the mesomorphic state into the isotropic state and, in particular, the question of how the order decreases. Temperature‐dependent IR spectroscopy and XRD measurements revealed that columnar H‐bonded aggregates were still present in the isotropic phase. At the clearing transition, mainly the lateral order was lost, whilst shorter columnar aggregates still remained. A thorough understanding of the phase behavior and the mesophase structure is relevant for selecting processing conditions that use supramolecular structures in devices or as fibrillar nanomaterials.     

Phase behavior and mesophase structures of 1,3,5-benzene- and 1,3,5-cyclohexanetricarboxamides: towards an understanding of the losing order at the transition into the isotropic phase

One of the simplest and most-versatile motifs in supramolecular chemistry is based on 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamides. Variation of the core structure and subtle changes in the structures of the lateral substituents govern the self-assembly and determine the phase behavior. Herein, we provide a comprehensive comparison between the phase behavior and mesophase structure of a series of 1,3,5-benzene- and 1,3,5-cyclohexanetricarboxamides that contain linear and branched alkyl substituents. Depending on the substituent, different crystalline, plastic crystalline, and liquid crystalline phases were formed. The relatively rare columnar nematic (N(C)) phase was only observed in cyclohexane-based trisamides that contained linear alkyl substituents. Of fundamental interest in liquid crystalline supramolecular systems is the transition from the mesomorphic state into the isotropic state and, in particular, the question of how the order decreases. Temperature-dependent IR spectroscopy and XRD measurements revealed that columnar H-bonded aggregates were still present in the isotropic phase. At the clearing transition, mainly the lateral order was lost, whilst shorter columnar aggregates still remained. A thorough understanding of the phase behavior and the mesophase structure is relevant for selecting processing conditions that use supramolecular structures in devices or as fibrillar nanomaterials.     

Influence of a liquid crystalline block on the microdomain structure of block copolymers

We report on the phase behavior and microdomain structure of two types of diblock copolymers containing a liquid crystal (LC) block joined to a flexible coil block. Consideration of the symmetry groups of the liquid crystalline phases and of the block copolymer microdomain structures provides a rationale for predicting the possible types of liquid crystalline block copolymer morphologies. Both previously reported and newly discovered structural types are identified. Possible organizational schemes are developed for the mesogens and periodic disclination defects with respect to the intermaterial dividing surfaces separating the liquid crystalline and flexible coil domains. The first type of copolymer investigated has a rod-like LC block whereas the second type copolymer has a side chain LC block. Five different rod-coil diblocks based on poly(hexyl isocyanate-b-styrene) P(HIC-b-S) were synthesized by anionic polymerization. Wavy lamellae, zig-zag and arrowhead microdomain morphologies corresponding to smectic-C and smectic-O structures were observed depending on the composition. These layered phases have the director (PHIC chain axis) tilted at various orientations with respect to the layer normal. Side-chain LC diblocks based on functionalized poly(isoprene-b-styrene) P(I-b-S) were also investigated. These polymers were synthesized using polymer analogous chemistry from P(I-b-S) precursors. Three different mesogenic groups were attached to the PI blocks: one based on biphenyl benzoate and two based on azobenzene. The microdomain structures found for the functionalized poly(isoprene side-chain LC-b-styrene) P(ILC-b-S) diblocks are typical of traditional coil-coil diblocks (lamellae and cylinders). However, these morphologies possess an additional smectic layering of the mesogens within the microdomains of the LC block. In the case of the rod-coil diblocks, the transformation from an initially isotropic state to the final microphase separated solid state occurs via nematic and then smectic liquid crystalline states, whereas for the side-chain LC-coil cases, the microphase separation transition occurs prior to development of orientational order. The long-range microdomain order of LC block-coil block copolymers can extend over very large distances due to the influence of the orientational ordering of the LC block.     

Design,synthesis, and characterization of a combined main‐chain/side‐chain liquid crystalline polymer based on mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystal polymer via atom transfer radical polymerization

A novel combined main‐chain/side‐chain liquid crystalline polymer based on mesogen‐jacketed liquid crystal polymers (MJLCPs) containing two biphenyls per mesogenic core of MJLCPs main chain, poly(2,5‐bis{[6‐(4‐butoxy‐4′‐oxy‐biphenyl)hexyl]oxycarbonyl}styrene) (P1–P8) was successfully synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The chemical structure of the monomer was confirmed by elemental analysis, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR. The molecular characterizations of the polymer with different molecular weights (P1–P8) were performed with ¹H NMR, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Their phase transitions and liquid‐crystalline behaviors of the polymers were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscope (POM). We found that the polymers P1–P8 exhibited similar behavior with three different liquid crystalline phases upon heating to or cooling in addition to isotropic state, which should be related to the complex liquid crystal property of the side‐chain and the main‐chain. Moreover, the transition temperatures of liquid crystalline phases of P1–P8 are found to be dependent on the molecular weight. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 7310–7320, 2008     

Toward well-organised ionic discotic liquid crystals via versatile supramolecular approach

Various ordered structures of crystalline three-dimensional (3D) cubic, 2D columnar or 1D lamellar mesophases have been facilely achieved through host–guest interactions of electrically neutral host tris(18-crown-6)triphenylene and guest potassium sulfonates with alkyl tails of variant number and length. The convenient construction of functionalised ionic complexes and the flexibility of such a supramolecular approach offer a wide variety of possibilities to prepare various ordered functional soft materials, especially those in their 2D ordered columnar liquid crystalline mesophases may serve as promising electron and ion dual-channel transport organic electronic materials.