液晶聚合物材料的红外光谱表征

红外光谱以高选择性、无破坏性以及高超的分辨和实时跟踪能力成为从分子水平研究液晶聚合物的的重要分析手段,而偏振二向色技术、时间分辨步扫描技术和二维相关分析技术的发展进一步提高了红外光谱分析复杂液晶聚合物的能力。本文介绍了传统傅里叶变换红外光谱及各种新型光谱分析技术（主要是二维相关技术）对液晶聚合物材料表征的研究进展,特别是对于液晶聚合物分子氢键、共聚和共混物相容性以及外场（温度、电场、光场、应力场）作用下液晶分子取向等的研究,并分别进行了具体的应用实例分析。     

光致取向调控偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物的阻隔特性研究

研究了液晶分子的排列方式对聚合物膜阻隔特性的影响,采用473 nm线偏振光照无定形偶氮液晶聚合物,使其介晶基元发生从无序到有序的取向排列.用膜透射率变化和锥光干涉图表征了分子的取向,其锥光干涉图为粗黑十字,说明在线偏振光下作用下液晶分子取向形成了单相畴沿面内排列的有序态.用金属表面氧化法进一步研究了取向态聚合物膜的阻隔...     

光致变色液晶聚合物的光致再取向性能研究进展

光致变色分子经掺杂或键合作用嵌在液晶聚合物中可形成光致变色液晶聚合物,在线性偏振光或非偏振光的照射下,此物质中光致变色分子的构型变化会引起整个液晶分子的二维或三维光致再取向的形成,本文综述了光致变色液晶聚合物的光致再取向的近期研究进展.     

偶氮苯为探针的液晶聚合物聚集形态研究

利用紫外-可见光谱,对比研究了尾挂侧链液晶聚合物和腰挂侧链液晶聚合物在结晶相和液晶相转变过程中的液晶基元取向情况.研究表明,石英基材表面倾向于诱导偶氮液晶基元垂直于基材排列;观察到了在液晶态尾挂侧链液晶聚合物和腰挂侧链液晶聚合物的不同取向行为.在室温下重新结晶数天后,腰挂液晶聚合物的紫外可见光谱缓慢回复.     

含氟光敏单体的液晶光控取向研究

制备了系列含氟光敏单体材料, 六氟双酚A双肉桂酸酯(6F-BADE)与含二氟亚甲基结构的肉桂酸酯(FDE-n, n=2, 3, 4). 材料在线性偏振紫外光辐照下均可发生定向光交联反应, 通过红外光谱和凝胶渗透色谱跟踪检测, 表明光交联类型为[2+2]环加成. 单体光聚后形成的取向膜对液晶分子排列效果不同, 6F-BADE取向膜诱导液晶分子垂直排列, FDE-n取向膜诱导液晶分子平行排列. 用原子力显微镜对取向膜表面进行表征, 均未观察到明显的各向异性分布现象. 应用量子力学半经验方法AM1分析发现单体分子极性有较大差异, 认为分子极性的差异是诱导液晶取向不同的主要原因.     

新型光学活性含氰基三联苯液晶聚噻吩合成与分子构象

合成了一种含有长柔性间隔基和氰基三联苯液晶基元的发光性聚噻吩衍生物{—[thiopheneyl—CH2—COO—(CH2)6—O—terphenyl—CN]n—, PT(6)TPhCN}. 利用傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱、核磁共振(1HNMR)、差示扫描量热(DSC)仪、偏光显微镜(POM)、紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱和荧光(PL)光谱对单体和聚合物的结构及性质进行了表征. 单体都呈现出良好的液晶性能, 由于长间隔基的存在, 聚合物PT(6)TPhCN也呈现出良好SmAd相. 氰基三联苯的存在还赋予了聚合物良好的光致发光性能, 同时, 长间隔基也有效地降低了分子间的相互作用, 进一步增强了聚合物的发光性能. 另外, 研究发现, 在未引入任何手性元素的情况下, 聚合物主链在圆二色(CD)光谱中还呈现出明显的Cotton 效应, 这可能是由于大体积液晶基元的位阻效应和取向作用, 液晶基元环绕主链进行取向的同时诱导聚噻吩主链在长程范围内呈螺旋取向.     

锥光干涉法表征偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物的光致取向

采用偏光显微镜在平行光和锥光条件下对液晶聚合物膜内分子的取向排列状态进行了研究,不同取向状态的膜由线偏振光或圆偏振光照射偶氮苯侧链液晶聚合物得到。结果表明,液晶聚合物膜采用线偏振光照射时,偶氮苯介晶基元沿面排列,形成单相畴面内取向态。该取向态的锥光干涉图为位于视场中心的粗黑十字,旋转载物台小于10°,该干涉图即完全退出...     

液晶聚合物/柔性链聚合物共混体系相分离形态

利用元胞动力学方法在二维情况下对浓度、取向序参量的含时Ginzberg-Landau方程进行数值求解,研究了液晶聚合物/柔性链聚合物共混体系的相分离动力学,考察了浓度、取向有序过程的耦合对相分离形态的影响.结果表明,此耦合作用对相分离的时间进程以及相分离图样的空间排布都有影响.液晶聚合物的取向有序相当于增加了两组分间的不相容性而促进两相分离;两个序参量在热力学方面的耦合使液晶聚合物趋向于沿着界面方向取向,而动力学方面的耦合使液晶聚合物分子沿着其取向方向扩散,相分离图样的空间排布由这两种效应共同决定通过极化率张量的定义用数值方法模拟得到了相分离体系的小角光散射图样,结果表明,散射强度分布具有方位角依赖性,它是由浓度、取向序参量的空间变化共同决定的.     

聚酰亚胺类液晶光定向层材料的研究

经含有羟基的二胺单体HAB与二酐单体 4 ,4′ (六氟异丙基 ) 双邻苯二甲酸酐 ( 6FDA)的缩聚反应 ,制备了含有羟基的先驱聚合物PI OH ,通过PI OH上羟基与肉桂酰氯的酯化反应 ,制备了侧链带有肉桂酸酯基团的光敏聚酰亚胺PI CI.用氢核磁共振 ( 1H NMR)分析、傅立叶红外光谱 (FTIR)分析等表征了上述聚合物的结构与感光性能 .用紫外 可见光谱 (UV Vis)等方法研究了PI CI的光交联反应 .聚合物PI CI旋镀膜经线性偏振光聚合技术 (LPP)处理并装配得到的液晶盒可使液晶分子很好地定向沿面排列 .上述实验表明 ,本文所合成的聚酰亚胺定向层材料是一种新的液晶光定向层材料     

红外二向色性技术在聚合物／无机物纳米复合材料取向结构研究中的应用

红外二向色性技术作为聚合物分子取向结构的一种重要研究方法,近年来已被应用于聚合物／无机物纳米复合与杂化材料的研究。本文结合作者的研究工作,对近年来聚合物／无机物纳米复合材料取向结构的研究进展进行了综述。首先介绍了纳米复合材料的基本概念和红外二向色性技术的基本原理,然后结合实例简要介绍红外二向色性技术在聚合物取向研究中的...     

溶致液晶体系研究及其在三次采油中的应用

研究了石油磺酸盐/正戊醇/水的三元体系和石油磺酸盐/癸烷/正戊醇/水的拟三元体系相图中的液晶区域,揭示了不同组分对液晶区域大小的影响以及液晶的流变性和液晶的结构.在三次采油中,用六角状溶致液晶体系代替三元复合驱体系进行化学驱油,虽然驱油效率更高,但需要进一步降低液晶驱油体系的成本.     

PDLC-like patterns at the isotropic to cholesteric transition entrapped by in situ photopolymerization

When investigated by optical microscopy between crossed polarizers, the isotropic to cholesteric transition may appear like fingerprint-patterned droplets embedded in a black isotropic matrix. In the present work, such PDLC-like (polymer dispersed liquid crystal) patterns, only occurring over 0.7 C, have been entrapped and stored at ambient temperature in a polymer film. We used a UV polymerization process with different sequences in which illumination time and UV power progressively vary. From a conceptual viewpoint, these PDLC-like patterns come solely from liquid crystalline material, whereas all the conventional PDLCs are binary mixtures of a macromolecular compound or 'prepolymer' with a conventional low molecular mass liquid crystal. The fact that isotropic matrix and cholesteric droplets differ only from the viewpoint of molecular order and not in their chemical nature, permits comparisons with the usual case for which the choice of polymer-forming material is crucial and the polymer/liquid crystal interface is an important factor for controlling PDLC electro-optic properties. The present system gives an opportunity to investigate by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the droplet microstructure (isotropic-cholesteric interface, fingerprint patterns or defects), whereas previous SEM studies were focused on the shape and size of empty cavities, since the fluid liquid crystal was inevitably removed from the PDLC system.     

Orientation and anchoring effects in stretched polymer dispersed nematic liquid crystals

The induction of liquid crystal orientation through mechanical stretching was investigated for polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) by means of infrared dichroism. Using a nematic liquid crystal BL006 and polyacrylic acid as the polymer matrix, it was possible to stretch the PDLC films with BL006 in either the isotropic or the nematic phase. After cooling the films under strain to room temperature, the molecular orientation of BL006 was found to be much higher for films that contained isotropic liquid droplets of BL006 at the time of stretching than for films that had nematic droplets. Stretching PDLC films with isotropic droplets results in no molecular orientation, but the orientation is induced during the subsequent cooling when BL006 goes through the isotropic-to-nematic phase transition. Interestingly for PAA/BL006, the nematic director orients along the long axes of the elongated droplets despite liquid crystal anchoring perpendicular to the polymer interface.     

Orientation and anchoring effects in stretched polymer dispersed nematic liquid crystals

The induction of liquid crystal orientation through mechanical stretching was investigated for polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) by means of infrared dichroism. Using a nematic liquid crystal BL006 and polyacrylic acid as the polymer matrix, it was possible to stretch the PDLC films with BL006 in either the isotropic or the nematic phase. After cooling the films under strain to room temperature, the molecular orientation of BL006 was found to be much higher for films that contained isotropic liquid droplets of BL006 at the time of stretching than for films that had nematic droplets. Stretching PDLC films with isotropic droplets results in no molecular orientation, but the orientation is induced during the subsequent cooling when BL006 goes through the isotropic-to-nematic phase transition. Interestingly for PAA/BL006, the nematic director orients along the long axes of the elongated droplets despite liquid crystal anchoring perpendicular to the polymer interface.     

Linear optical switching in a FLC/waveguide composite device

A fast electrooptic modulation in a polymer waveguide using a ferroelectric liquid crystal has been proposed. In this device, the surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal and the soft mode ferroelectric liquid crystal are used as an active material on the passive polymer waveguide, and electrooptic switching is realized by controlling the total reflection at the polymer waveguide-liquid crystal interface. The response time is of the order of several microseconds. The analogue electrooptic modulation in the waveguide is realized using the field induced linear molecular tilt of the electroclinic effect in the soft mode ferroelectric liquid crystal.     

PDLC-like patterns at the isotropic to cholesteric transition entrapped by in situ photopolymerization

When investigated by optical microscopy between crossed polarizers, the isotropic to cholesteric transition may appear like fingerprint-patterned droplets embedded in a black isotropic matrix. In the present work, such PDLC-like (polymer dispersed liquid crystal) patterns, only occurring over 0.7 C, have been entrapped and stored at ambient temperature in a polymer film. We used a UV polymerization process with different sequences in which illumination time and UV power progressively vary. From a conceptual viewpoint, these PDLC-like patterns come solely from liquid crystalline material, whereas all the conventional PDLCs are binary mixtures of a macromolecular compound or 'prepolymer' with a conventional low molecular mass liquid crystal. The fact that isotropic matrix and cholesteric droplets differ only from the viewpoint of molecular order and not in their chemical nature, permits comparisons with the usual case for which the choice of polymer-forming material is crucial and the polymer/liquid crystal interface is an important factor for controlling PDLC electro-optic properties. The present system gives an opportunity to investigate by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the droplet microstructure (isotropic-cholesteric interface, fingerprint patterns or defects), whereas previous SEM studies were focused on the shape and size of empty cavities, since the fluid liquid crystal was inevitably removed from the PDLC system.     

Linear optical switching in a FLC/waveguide composite device

Abstract

A fast electrooptic modulation in a polymer waveguide using a ferroelectric liquid crystal has been proposed. In this device, the surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal and the soft mode ferroelectric liquid crystal are used as an active material on the passive polymer waveguide, and electrooptic switching is realized by controlling the total reflection at the polymer waveguide-liquid crystal interface. The response time is of the order of several microseconds. The analogue electrooptic modulation in the waveguide is realized using the field induced linear molecular tilt of the electroclinic effect in the soft mode ferroelectric liquid crystal.     

有机硅改性席夫碱聚氨酯型液晶固定相的制备、表征及色谱性能

以对苯二胺、3-氯丙醇和4-羟基苯甲醛为原料,合成对苯二(对苯丙氧基醇)亚胺液晶基元,再与对苯二异氰酸酯和1,3-双(3-氨基丙基)四甲基二硅氧烷反应,合成席夫碱型硅氧烷聚氨酯液晶聚合物。 通过红外光谱法、X射线衍射、热分析、偏光显微镜等技术手段对其结构和性能进行了表征。 结果表明,该物质为席夫碱有机硅聚氨酯液晶聚合物,属于近晶相液晶,液晶区间为103~150 ℃,热分解温度为300 ℃。 用席夫碱型硅氧烷聚氨酯液晶固定相制备填充色谱柱,考察固定液的相对极性及其对取代苯位置异构体的色谱分离性能。 合成的席夫碱型硅氧烷聚氨酯液晶聚合物的液晶温度范围为103~146 ℃,属于强极性固定液(P_x=79),各组分色谱峰的分离度为0.96~3.33。     

A study of the transition of liquid-crystal alignment from homeotropic to planar on a polyimide layer

The alignment of nematic liquid crystals by rubbed polyimide surfaces has been well-studied and developed. A novel polyimide film which induced a homeotropic alignment of the nematic liquid crystal without rubbing or with weak rubbing strength was presented. However, there was a transition from homeotropic to planar alignment of the nematic liquid crystal after strong rubbing. In order to study the transition, the polyimide surface was investigated by atomic force microscopy, surface free energy measurement and angle-resolved analysis X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy before and after rubbing with a velvet fabric. It was found that both the change of surface polarity and surface morphology were not the reasons for the transition. The droop of the side chain on the polyimide surface after the rubbing treatment was detected by angle-resolved analysis X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. Owing to the special structure of the novel polyimide, the X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy was successfully used for the first time to analyse the conformational change of the side chain of a polymer. In conclusion, the transition of nematic liquid crystal alignment from homeotropic to planar after rubbing was influenced by the side chain conformation of the polyimide.     

Complex study of reorientational dynamics of the liquid crystal in PDLC films

Morphological, electro-optical and switching properties of polyester resin/nematic liquid crystal composite films have been studied for varying composition (10-40 wt% of LC), temperature (20-50 C), film thickness (10-75 mum) and UV curing time of the matrix (0.25-12 min). The PDLC films were formed by LC separation in a UV polymerization process of the thin layer of oligoester resin (liquid crystal mixture) between ITO coated glass plates. The electro-optical and response behaviour based on the electric field controlled light scattering of the composite films was observed. The results were interpreted in terms of effective anchoring strength at the interface of the polymer and liquid crystal depending either on the area fraction of the interface in the composite film (dependent on the size and shape of the liquid crystal droplets) or the stiffness and resistivity of the polyester resin changing in the course of the crosslinking polymerization.