电视用液晶材料的研究进展

液晶电视由于其优异的显示性能将会越来越受到青睐。本文简要综述了近年来电视用液晶材料的研究进展,归纳总结了这些液晶材料的合成方法及其热性能、介电各向异性、双折射率、粘度等特性。     

电视用液晶材料的研究进展

液晶电视由于其优异的显示性能将会越来越受到青睐.本文简要综述了近年来电视用液晶材料的研究进展,归纳总结了这些液晶材料的合成方法及其热性能、介电各向异性、双折射率、粘度等特性.     

三氟丙炔基类液晶的合成及性能

合成了16个三氟丙炔为端基的液晶化合物,以苯甲醛衍生物与1,1,1-三氯三氟乙烷的有机锌试剂进行加成脱水成烯,再通过Suzuki偶联反应后脱去HCl制得目标产物,总产率67%,气相色谱(GC)纯度99.5%,通过红外光谱(IR)、核磁共振谱(NMR)和质谱(MS)确定其结构。利用DSC和POM对该类化合物的热性能进行了测试,结果表明,联苯类的化合物不具有液晶相,而三联苯类的化合物具有近晶A相,且熔点随烷基链碳原子的增加呈下降趋势。物理性能测试结果表明,该类化合物的Δε值为12.61~21.94,末端三氟甲基基团和侧氟的引入可以有效的增加Δε值;Δn值0.19~0.29,随分子内苯环数目的增加而变大;γ1值为49.9~468.0 m Pa·s,随分子内苯环数量的增加而增加。化合物4n具有高Δε(19.2)、高ε_⊥(10.3)及低Δε/ε_⊥(1.9)。通过模拟计算讨论了炔键位置对此类液晶材料性质的影响。该类化合物在调节混合液晶介电各向异性和双折射率方面有很好的应用价值,同时通过分子结构的改进也可以很好地应用于FFS(fringe-field switching)显示模式。     

新型吡啶环液晶化合物的合成及性能

以2-溴-5-吡啶甲醛和5-溴-2-吡啶甲醛为起始原料,合成出4种新型含吡啶环二联芳基和三联芳基化合物,总收率20%~30%。 热性能研究结果表明,二联芳基化合物未呈现出液晶相,而三联芳基化合物在加热和冷却过程中均表现向列相液晶态,且当氮原子位于正丁基的间位时,其与不含氮原子的三联苯化合物(2c)相比,熔点降低了11.7 ℃,清亮点升高6.3 ℃,液晶相区拓宽了18 ℃,表现出了良好的热性能。 光电性能测试结果表明,用吡啶环替代苯环后,化合物的光学各向异性值均较参比化合物(1c或2c)增大;当N原子位于正丁基的邻位的化合物,介电各向异性值较参比化合物增大,且液晶的阈值电压、饱和电压均降低。 通过对三环同分异构体化合物的不同构象能量态的计算分析,解释了介电各向异性的变化规律。     

新颖的含乙炔桥键液晶分子设计与合成

为降低液晶分子的双折射率并获得宽液晶相区, 用环己基替代传统二苯乙炔液晶分子中的一个苯环, 得到一类结构新颖的含乙炔桥键的负介电各向异性液晶分子4a, 4b. 目标化合物采用1-trans-4-(trans-4-正戊基环己基)环己基乙炔与4-碘-2,3-二氟苯基醚进行Sonogashira偶联反应制备, 反应总产率27%～28%. 产物结构经MS, IR, NMR鉴定确认. 采用DSC结合偏光显微镜对液晶相变温度进行了测试, 结果表明新化合物4a, 4b清亮点分别为212, 216 ℃, 向列相温区均达到140 ℃, 与传统二苯乙炔类液晶的相变温区基本相当. 物理性能测试表明, 分子骨架共轭程度的削弱不仅使双折射率大幅降低, 而且介电各向异性绝对值还有所增大, 为分子设计提供了新的思路. 新化合物综合性能得到显著改善, 在大尺寸液晶电视领域具有非常好的应用前景.     

聚合物稳定液晶材料研究进展

聚合物稳定液晶材料在显示传感、温度调控、智能材料等方面表现出优异性能,成为液晶材料领域的研究热点.针对向列相液晶、胆甾相液晶、铁电相液晶、蓝相液晶和其他相态液晶,分别介绍了聚合物网络在不同相态液晶中的作用,阐述了不同聚合物稳定液晶材料的特点及光学性能,综述了聚合物稳定液晶材料的研究进展,并指出了聚合物稳定液晶材料面临的...     

液晶／高分子复合显示材料研究进展

综述了近年来液晶／高分子复合电光显示材料的研究进展。概括了液晶高分子复合膜显示材料的最新研究成果，就材料的制备方法、性能和应用前景等方面进行了探讨。     

几类非常规液晶材料的研究进展

本文综述了液晶二聚体、多爪型液晶及香蕉形液晶等几类非常规液晶材料的研究进展。结合笔者近几年的研究积累,着重介绍:(1)液晶二聚体的分子结构与液晶态结构及液晶二聚体所特有的奇偶效应与近晶多形性;(2)多爪型液晶的分子结构与液晶态结构的特点及由于兼有棒状分子与盘状分子的结构特点而具备的特殊的相变性质;(3)香蕉形液晶的分子结构与液晶态结构及香蕉形液晶所特有的手性与极化序。在介绍各类液晶材料的特点及研究热点的同时,围绕分子结构与液晶态结构的关系这一主题,深入讨论了各种液晶材料形成特殊分子排列及表现出特殊物理性质的机理。     

新型对称联苯双酯类液晶材料的合成和晶体结构

设计并合成了4个对称联苯双酯类液晶化合物,化合物结构通过红外和核磁表征,它们的介晶性通过差示扫描量热仪(DSC),X射线衍射仪(XRD)和热台偏光显微镜(POM)进行了研究.并测定了4,4'-3,3',5,5'-四甲基联苯-二(4-甲基苯甲酸酯)(Ⅲa)的单晶结构,结果显示:晶体属于单斜晶系,P21/c空间群,晶胞参数为a=18.525(3)(A),b=12.196(2)(A),c=12.195(2)(A),β=97.142(2)°,V=2733.7(9)(A)3,Z=4,Dc=1.163 Mg/m3,R=0.0521,Rw=0.1161.化合物均为热致型互变液晶,并讨论了氧原子、不饱和端基和端基链长对介晶性的影响.     

Liquid crystal comb polymer with polar mesogenic and aliphatic side groups I. Preparation and structural properties

A liquid crystal comb polymer of potential interest for electro-optical applications has been synthesized and characterized. The polymer has a polyacrylamide main chain and two different types of side group, built up of 4'-undecanoyloxy-4-cyanobiphenyl groups (68 mol %) and of shorter aliphatic groups (32 mol %). The two types of side group occur randomly along the polymer's main chain. The preparation steps and the liquid crystalline structure of the resulting copolymer are compared with those of a homopolymer whose side groups (built up of 4'-undecanoyloxy-4-cyanobiphenyl groups) are all identical. X-ray diffraction shows that the polymers display different mesophases over different temperature ranges. However, the homopolymer exhibits two smectic phases (SmC₂ and SmA₂), while the new copolymer exhibits a SmC₂ phase and a nematic mesophase at higher temperature. The mesophase thermal stability of the copolymer is significantly lower than that of the homopolymer.     

The physical properties of alkene-terminated liquid crystal molecules/E8 mixture and the electro-optical properties as they doped in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal systems

Effects of the content of fluorinated alkene-terminated liquid crystal (LC) molecules on the physical properties of the fluorinated alkene-terminated LC/E8 mixture were studied. The morphology and electro-optical properties as they doped in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films were investigated. The detailed discussion of the obtained results is given. As a result, comparing with the physical properties of the series of LC mixtures with the same content of the analogous fully saturated compounds doped with E8, we find that the birefringence is significantly larger for the LC mixture with the alkene-terminated materials. Both fluorinated alkene-terminated LC molecules and the analogous fully saturated compounds doped with E8 reduce the driving voltage of PDLC films. Moreover, PDLC films with the fluorinated alkene-terminated LC molecules possessed higher contrast ratio and faster response time than that of the PDLC films prepared by adding the same mass fraction of the analogous fully saturated compounds. Thus, the ability to manipulate physical properties of LC mixture and electro-optical properties of PDLC films by changing the LC molecular structures may have future relevance for new LC structures design and applications of PDLC films.     

Cyano terminated tolane compounds for polymer dispersed liquid crystal application: relationship between cyano terminated tolane based molecular structures and electro-optical properties

ABSTRACT

The structures of the liquid crystal (LC) molecules have a key role in impacting the electro-optical performance of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film. In this paper, the relationship between the LC molecular structures and the electro-optical properties of PDLC films is investigated based on an unexplored cyano-terminated tolane compounds (CTTCs) doped E8 LCs/UV polymers system. Due to the high polarity of CTTCs, LCs doped with the cyano-terminated tolane (CTT) molecules exhibit high birefringence and large positive dielectric anisotropy. On the whole, PDLC films doped with the CTT molecules exhibit a lower driving voltage than that doped with the pure E8. More excitingly, PDLC films based on CTT molecules with larger length-to-width ratio and longer conjugated system show higher contrast ratio (CR) and faster response time. Eventually, the mechanism of the effects of CTT-based molecular structures and the relationship between the electro-optical performance of PDLC films and CTT molecules are illustrated. This work paves a new way for optimising the electro-optical properties of PDLC films.     

Synthesis,mesogenic and dielectric properties of fluorosubstituted isothiocyanatoterphenyls

The synthesis, mesomorphic and physical properties of 14 homologous series of laterally fluorinated 4?-alkyl-4-isothiocyanatoterphenyls were described. Influence of the number of fluorine atoms and their position in the terphenyl core on the phase transition temperatures, nematic range, dielectric and optic anisotropy as well as bulk viscosity were discussed. The compounds with the most optimal properties for formulation of nematic mixtures were selected, and mixture examples with low viscosity and medium or high birefringence were presented.     

Synthesis and the effect of 2,3-difluoro substitution on the properties of diarylacetylene terminated by an allyloxy group

A series of 2,3-difluoro tolane allyloxy-based liquid crystals (LCs), which are composed of the tolane unit, lateral fluoro substituents, alkoxy and allyloxy terminal groups, were synthesised with 4-bromo-2,3-difluorophenol as the starting material via a five-step reaction. Their structures were confirmed by infrared spectroscopy (IR), mass spectroscopy (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The mesomorphic properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarising optical microscopy (POM). The dielectric measurement was performed using an independent analyser EC-1 and the birefringence was determined using an Abbe refractometer. The results reveal that LCs have large negative dielectric anisotropy and high birefringence, which are potentially important for the fast response displays and liquid crystal photonic devices (LCDs).     

Influence of hydrogen bonding on phase abundance in ferroelectric liquid crystals

The synthesis and characterization of five hydrogen-bonded ferroelectric liquid crystal complexes (HBFLCs) prepared from mesogenic p-n-alkoxy benzoic acids and non-mesogenic propionic/butyric acids with different chiral centres are reported. Complementary intermolecular hydrogen bonding is confirmed through IR study. HBFLCs are found to exhibit chiral nematic (N*), smectic C* (SmC*) and smectic G* (monotropic) phases in their cooling profiles during polarizing thermal microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Phase coexistence regions are observed above the IN* transition. The chiral nematic to smectic C* transition is found to be of first order. The temperature variation of spontaneous polarization exhibited by these HBFLC complexes in their SmC* phase is presented. The effect of non-covalent interaction imparted by the soft hydrogen bonding in these LC complexes on enhanced or induced thermal stability of tilted LC phases is discussed.