CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE CHARACTER ON THE SURFACE OF CHITOSAN/POLYACRYLIC ACID COMPOSITES*

The cholesteric liquid crystalline structure in chitosan/polyacrylic acid composite films was studied by surfacetechniques. A periodical lamellar-like structure was observed in the permanganic acid etched film sufface by both scanningelectron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), instead of the thumb-print texture which can be detectedwith polarized optical microscopy. It is suggested that the periodical lamellar-like structure is induced by the etchingselectivity between cholesteric layers due to different molecular arrangement on the film surface. Four kinds of perpendiculardisclinations, i.e. χ→τ→λ~+, χ→λ+τ~+, χ→τ+τ~+ and χ→λ~- +λ~+, were found in the composite films from SEMobservations. The smallest periodicity of lamellar-like structure (equals to half pitch) is 20～40 nm measured with AFM.     

THE STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF COPOLYMER OF CHOLESTERIC ESTER

The structure and switching properties of liquid crystalline side chain copolymers of cholesteric ester of 1,2-hydroxypropyl 2,4-di-isocyanatoluene methylmethacrylate (PHCPM) have been studied in detail. The cholesteric mesophase of PHCPM is shown by polarizing microscopy, X-ray diffraction and selective light reflection. Solution of PHCPM in CHCl_3 is optically anisotropic; its optical properties were determined by specific rotation [α], circular dichroism (CD) and wide-angle hght scattering (WALS) methods.     

乙基氰乙基纤维素/聚丙烯酸复合物的形态结构

乙基氰乙基纤维素(ECEC)溶于丙烯酸(AA)在浓度足够高时形成胆甾型液品,并在一定的浓度范围内呈现胆甾型液晶特有的选择反射一定波长可见光的特性。自由基引发AA聚合得到ECEC/聚丙烯酸(PAA)复合物。复合物的形态结构与聚合前的溶液状态有关。在从各向同性溶液聚合得到的复合物中,ECEC以无定形棒状聚集态存在;而从各向异性溶液聚合得引的复合物部分保留了聚合前的液晶结构,其中ECEG分子取向排列形成ECEC片层状相区,并在更高层次上ECEC片层与PAA片层交替重叠形成一种“千层饼”结构。复合物中液晶结构的保持是物理缠结和化学交联的结果。     

BAND-LIKE TEXTURE OF ETHYLCYANOETHYL CELLULOSE MESOPHASE

In the ethyl-cyanoethylcellulose ((E-CE)C)/dichloroacetic acid (DCA) cholesteric liquid crystalline solution, the hand-like texture is formed when the mesophase aggregates with the disk-like texture grow to big enough and merge with each other with increasing concentration. The band-like texture is composed of parallel equidistant bright and dark alternative strips which are about 0.2-2.0 μm in width. In the band-like texture, the layers of ordered polymer chains are perpendicular to the solution film and the axes of helicoids are parallel to it. The width of the strips is different in different zones. Under the effect of an external magnetic field, the strips in the band-like texture first become wider and then narrower gradually.Moreover, the axes of helicoids in the (E-CE) C/DCA mesomorphic solution change from the direction normal to the magnetic field to the agreement with the magnetic field direction.     

REFRACTOMETRY AND TEXTURES OF METHYL-CYANOETHYL CELLULOSE/DICHLOROACETIC ACID LIQUID CRYSTA LLI NE SOLUTIONS~+

An Abbe refractometer with a rotatable polarizer mounted on the eyepiece is used for determining the two principal refractive indices of methyl-cyanoethyl cellulose/dichloroacetic acid liquid crystalline solutions. The critical concentration where the mesophase appears can be determined according to the variation of the increment of the refractive index with the concentration. Mesophase textures of the liquid crystalline solutions are observed and the influence of the concentration on mesophase textures is also discussed.     

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NEW MESOGEN-JACKETED LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS*

Some new mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymers (MJLCP) with polymer backbones, spacers, andmesogenic units of different structures were synthesized by radical polymerization. The mesomorphic behavior of thesepolymers was examined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). Theirliquid crystallinity is influenced by the variation of polymer backbone, spacer, mesogenic unit and its terminal groups. Theresults show that 1) a more flexible polymer main-chain is more favorable to the formation of a liquid crystal phase, while 2)a flexible spacer will decrease the "Jacket Effect" and the liquid crystallinity and 3) a subtle modification of the terminalgroups on the mesogenic unit may also have a significant influence on properties of the polymers.     

纤维素/明胶复合膜的超分子结构与性能

通过一种绿色的方法在NaOH/尿素水体系中制备出纤维素和明胶组成的复合膜(C/G),并且证明这两种大分子间存在强的氢键作用,导致明胶耐水性明显改善.同时,用戊二醛作为交联剂对复合膜化学交联,进一步提高其抗水性.通过红外光谱(FTIR)、紫外光谱(UV-Vis)、13C固体核磁共振谱、扫描电镜(SEM),力学和溶胀测试对...     

TRANSITIONS AND MODRPHOLOGY OF MAIN-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS WITH X-SHAPED MESOGENS

The transitions and morphology of a series of main-chain liquid crystalline polymer with X-shaped mesogens were studied by means of DSC,SALS and polarizing microscopy techniques. Aneven-odd effect was observed for samples with different size of the substituents on the mesogenends. The isotropization process was similar to that of main-chain polymers with rod-likemesogens. No crystallization was detected for specimens cooling down from their isotropic meltstate. However two of the samples may crystallize in cooling process directly from the liquidcrystalline state.     

PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN/LIGNIN COMPOSITE FILMS

Biodegradable composite films based on chitosan and lignin with various composition were prepared via the solution-casting technique.FT-IR results indicate the existence of hydrogen bonding between chitosan and lignin,and SEM images show that lignin could be well dispersed in chitosan when the content of lignin is below 20 wt%due to the strong interfacial interaction.As a result of strong interaction and good dispersion,the tensile strength,storage modulus,thermal degradation temperature and glass transi...     

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYSILOXANES WITH MESOGENIC STILBENE SIDE GROUPS*

A variety of mesomorphic side-chain polysiloxanes were synthesized by using hydrosilylation reaction withdicyclopentadienylplatinum (Ⅱ) (DPPC) as the catalyst. The mesogenic groups are derivatives of stilbene with cyano or nitrotail groups. The products were characterized by DSC, X-ray deffraction and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). All thepolymers were found to have relatively low T_g and can form a smectic liquid crystal phase.     

SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYACRYLATES WITH THIOESTER AS BRIDGE-BOND

A new series of acrylates with the same mesogens containing thioester as bridge-bondwere synthesized, and the acrylates were characterized by H~1 NMR, IR and MS. Thepolymers were obtained by radical polymerization using AIBN as initiator. The monomersand polymers exhibit thermotropic-enantiotropic liquid crystalline behavior.     

STUDY OF COMPOSITE MEMBRANE OF CELLULOSE ACETATE OR POLYVINYL ALCOHOL BLENDED WITH METHYLMETHACRYLATE-ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER FOR PERVAPORATION SEPARATION*

In this paper, methylmethacrylate-acrylic acid MMA-AA hydrophilic and hydrophobic copolymerswere prepared by copolymerization for preparing membrane materials. The composite membrane of celluloseacetate (CA) blended with MMA-AA hydrophobic copolymer was used for the separation of methanol frompentane-methanol mixture. When the methanol concentration was only 1 wt% ,the permeate flux stillmaintained at 350 g/m~2h and separation factor was as big as 800. The composite membrane of PVA(polyvinyl alcohol) blended with MMA-AA hydrophilic copolymer was used for the separation of ethanol-water mixture. The permeate flux was increased to 975 g/m~2h at 74℃ and the separation factor reached 3000at 25℃. The PVA/MMA-AA blended membrane surface modified by ammonia plasma was also investigatedfor separating ethanol-water mixture. Both permeate flux and separation factor of the membrane wasimproved. However, there was no obvious difference of plasma treatment time in the interval of 20～40 min.     

侧链胆甾液晶聚合物及弹性体的液晶性能研究

把胆甾液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酸胆甾醇酯 (Mch)分别和向列液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酰氧基 4′ 甲氧基苯 (Mn) ,向列液晶交联剂 2 叔丁基对苯二酚双 [4 (6 丙烯酰氧基己氧基 )苯甲酸酯 ](Mnc)接枝到聚硅氧烷链上 ,得到系列侧链液晶聚合物Pn 系列和液晶弹性体Pe 系列 .通过热分析、偏光显微分析和X 射线分析等手段分别研究了向列液晶单体和向列液晶交联剂对含同一胆甾液晶基元聚合物的影响 .结果表明 ,向列液晶单体的摩尔百分比在 80 %以下 ,液晶聚合物Pn 系列为胆甾型液晶 ,在研究的范围内 ,液晶弹性体Pe 系列也为胆甾型液晶 ,Pn 系列和Pe 系列都具有较宽的液晶相范围 ,热分解温度均在 2 80℃以上 .     

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEWLY DESIGNED POLY[DI(ALKYL) VINYLTEREPHTHALATE]S

A series of newly designed monomers of 2-vinylterephthalates (VT) were synthesized. The monomers contain onephenylene group connected with two alkyl groups (carbon number varying from 1 to 6) via ester linkage. Their chemicalstructures were confirmed by mass spectroscopy (MS), ~1-H-NMR, and elemental analysis (EA). The corresponding polymers,poly[di(alkyl) vinylterephthalate]s (PDAVTs), were obtained using convenional free redical polymerization. The polymerswere found to be able to develop inio liquid crystalline phase when the size of the alkyl group in the side-chain increases tobe larger than the ethyl group.     

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF ANILING ANILING AND 0-AMINOBENZENESULFONIC ACID COPOLYMER*

Poly(aniline- co-o-aminobenzenesulfonic acid) (PAOABSA) as a water soluble conducting polymerwas synthesized by chemical polymerization. The productivity and the room-temperature conductivity of thecopolymer were measured as a function of the reaction conditions, such as reaction temperature, the ratio ofoxidant to monomer and the degree of sulfonation defined as the ratio of sulfur to nitrogen atoms(S/N). Themain results obtained are summarized as follows : (1) lower reaction temperature (at about 0℃) is favorablefor the enhancement of the room-temperature conductivity of the copolymer; (2) higher content of oxidant isunfavorable for increasing the room-temperature conductivity of the copolymer; (3) both productivity androom-temperature conductivity of the copolymer decrease with increase of the degree of sulfonation whichwas always lower than 0.5 even an excess of o-aminobenzenesulfonic acid was added, probably because thereactivity ratio of aniline (γ=2.99± 0.05) is much higher than that of o-aminobenzenesulfonic acid (γ_2 = 0.06±0.02) estimated by using Fineman-Ross method and least square method.     

STUDY ON LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY OF POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE)

The liquid crystallinity of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) was studied by using powder X-ray diffraction, polarized opticalmicroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. The results show that the lower molecular weight fractions of this polymerdo not form a liquid crystalline phase, while the samples of sufficiently high molecular weight do form a mesophase attemperatures above the glass transition. The lowest value of the degree of polymerization for PVK to form a stable liquidcrystalline phase was found to be in the range of 150 to 200, significantly higher than the value of 50 for most conventionalside chain liquid crystaline polymers.     

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PVA COATED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES*

Polyvinyl alcohol coated magnetic particles (PVA ferrofluids) have been synthesized by chemical co-precipitationof Fe(Ⅱ)/Fe(Ⅲ) salts in 1.5 mol/L NH_4OH solution at 70℃ in the presence of PVA. The resultant colloidal particles havecore-shell structures, in which the iron oxide crystallites form the cores and PVA chains form the shells. The hydrodynamicdiameter of the colloidal particles is in the range of 108 to 155 nm, which increases with increasing PVA concentration from5 wt% to 20 wt%. The size of the magnetic cores is ca. 5～10 nm, which is relatively independent of PVA concentration.Under transmission electron microscopic (TEM) examination, the magnetic cores exhibit somewhat irregular shapes varyingfrom spherical, oval, to cubic. Magnetometry measurement revealed that the PVA coated magnetic particles aresuperparamagnetic. The saturation magnetization of 5 wt% and 20 wt% PVA ferrofluids at 300 K is 54 and 49 emu/g.respectively. All the PVA ferrofluids exhibited excellent colloidal stability in pure water and phosphate buffer saline (PBS,pH=7.4). The ferrofluids can remain stable in above solutions for more than three months at 4℃.     

A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE DESIGN OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS WITH FLEXIBLE AND APOLAR BUILDING BLOCKS

The synthesis and characterization of a new series of liquid crystalline polymers, poly(dicycloalkylvinylterephthalate)s, are reported. The basic building blocks of these polymers are not mesogenic by themselves. However,very stable mesophases can be generated by self-assembly of the polymer molecules. This approach suggests a novel designstrategy of liquid crystalline polymers with flexible and apolar building blocks.     

PREPARATION AND FLUORESCENT PROPERTIES OF Eu~(3+)-CONTAINING CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES

By using a two-stage soapless emulsion polymerization, four kinds of core-shell nanoparticles have been prepared,which are composed of a polystyrene core having an average diameter of 256 nm and a poly(methyl methacrylate-co-acrylicacid) shell. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs and the atomic force microscopy (AFM) imagesevidenced the presence of a core-shell structure. In the infrared spectra, the shift of v_(COOH) to lower wavenumber withincreasing Eu~(3 ) ion content indicates that coordination between the oxygen of the carboxylic group and Eu~(3 ) has occurred.The fluorescence intensity of ~5D_0-~7F_2 transition was observed to reach its maximum with a carboxyl group molar percentageof 40% in the shell and an Eu~(3 )/--COO~- molar ratio of 1:3. The fluorescence intensity ratio of ~5D_0-~7F_2 to ~5D_0-~7F_1 transition reached its maximum with an Eu~(3 )/--COO~- molar ratio of 1:3 for all the four series.     

SYNTHESIS AND PHASE BEHAVIOUR OF CHIRAL COMBINED MAIN/SIDE CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYMERS

The synthesis and phase behaviour of chiral combined main/side chain liquid crystallinecopolymers containing pendant group constituted by chiral side group and trans-azobenzenemoiety with nitro end group are described. The formation of liquid crystalline polymorphism ofcopolymers is influenced by various contents of achiral side group.