甲基氰乙基纤维素／二氯乙酸液晶溶液的红外研究

本文用FTIR研究了甲基氰乙基纤维素/二氯乙酸溶液相转变过程中分子间相互作用的变化。发现溶液中分子之间的相互作用随溶液结构的改变而变化。随着浓度的增大,溶液由各向同性态向各向异性态转变,分子产生有序排列,导致某些氢键被增强或削弱,使基团的红外吸收谱带发生位移。当加热液晶溶液时,各向异性态向各向同性态转变,也使基团的红外吸收谱带位移。     

含柔性间隔链段的芳香共聚酯热致性液晶高分子的结构研究

本文用富里叶红外光谱方法研究了一系列柔性间隔链段长度不等的芳香共聚酯热致性液晶高分子。测定了它们的变温光谱和偏振性质。并将谱带的变温行为与液晶转变相关联。结果表明,芳香共聚酯热致性液晶中液晶基元之间的相互作用很强而柔性间隔链之间的相互作用很弱。柔性间隔链段主要是伸直的反式构象。从一些谱带的二向色性估算了体系的有序度参数以及取向角。分子链的取向程度随柔性间隔链段长度的增加而减小。     

一种反铁电液晶薄膜相变过程的变温红外光谱研究

通过变温红外光谱对反铁电液晶MHOCPOOB薄膜相变过程中的分子构象、排布及相互作用的变化进行了研究.结果表明,室温时,薄膜中的分子烷基链同时含有zigzag和gauche两种构象.随着温度的升高,有序的zigzag构象转化为无序的gauche构象,链的扭曲程度增加.但S^*IA到S^*CA的转变并不引起烷基链构象和取向发生明显变化.刚性核中的羰基与相邻的苯环形成共轭体系,苯环之间相互倾斜排列,在相变过程中羰基与苯环的共平面作用逐渐被打破,且在相变点苯环间的二面角明显增大.     

氰乙基纤维素/二甲基乙酰胺液晶溶液的研究

本文利用 Abbe'折射仪和热台偏光显微镜研究了氰乙基纤维素/二甲基乙酰胺液晶溶液的形成、结构和某些性质。它与许多溶致性液晶一样,随溶液浓度的增加,溶液从各向同性状态经过两相共存状态转变成为单一的液晶态。溶液的双折射△n 随浓度增加而增加,随温度的升高而降低。升温速率的改变对测定临界温度值有一定的影响。液晶相在无外力作用时由许多取向的、无规分布的微区域组成。受到切应力后,微区变成长条状。分子链沿切应力方向取向,并在垂直于切应力方向上在各微区域内排列有序,相邻两微区的分子链的取向方向稍有不同。     

蔗糖对MO/水立方液晶体系流变性质的影响

主要研究了蔗糖对甘油单油酸脂(monoolein, MO)/水立方液晶体系的流变学性质及其相行为的影响. 根据体系流变性质的变化和偏光显微镜照片, 得出随着蔗糖含量的增加, MO/水体系发生了由反相立方液晶到反相六角状液晶的相转变. 蔗糖与MO分子通过氢键相互作用, 减弱了两亲分子间的静电斥力. 当蔗糖含量增加到一临界值时, 体系的立方结构被破坏, 继续增加蔗糖的含量, 体系就会形成新的反相六角状液晶.     

乙基醋酸纤维素溶致性液晶的研究

非全取代的乙基纤维素在浓硫酸催化下与醋酸反应,生成乙基醋酸纤维素。乙基醋酸纤维素在适当的条件下可以形成溶致性液晶。随浓度的升高,溶液从各向同性态经两相共存,转变成完全的液晶态。在加热溶液时,可以看到两相共存状态的形成和液晶相的完全消失,降低温度,液晶相又可以再生成。在液晶相生成的过程中,存在过冷现象,液晶聚集的区域由许多微小的取向区域组成,它们的取向方向不相同。溶液的n—c曲线在各相同性、两相共存和液晶态区域内是直线,但在这些相态之间相互转变时出现转折点。溶液的双折射△n=ne—no在两相共存与液晶态相互转变时也会发生较大变化。乙基醋酸纤维素大分子链的刚性随有机酸溶剂体系的酸的强度增大而增大,使临界浓度C_1~*随溶剂酸的强度的增大而减小。     

乙基醋酸纤维素液晶相织构的温度依赖性

本文利用热台偏光显微镜观察了在不同温度下乙基醋酸纤维素/二氯乙酸液晶溶液中液晶相的双折射纹理织构的变化。证明液晶相中分子链排列的有序程度不是完全相同的。在一定的升温速率下加热溶液,有序程度较低的部份首先被破坏。升温速率足够慢时,较高温度虽然使液晶聚集体缩小,但在液晶相内,分子键排列的有序程度不会降低,有时甚至还会增加。从各向同性溶液转变为液晶溶液时,液晶相首先形成圆盘织构。在两相共存的溶液中,分散相都尽可能以圆形存在于连续相中,以降低体系能量。     

液晶生物传感及其在微流控细胞分析中的应用

液晶(LC)生物传感器是基于LC对界面性质变化的高灵敏响应及其固有的光学各向异性发展起来的一种技术,在生物样品的检测分析方面展现出了非凡的应用价值.通过修饰刺激响应性分子,LC界面可以灵敏地响应待测生物分析物的存在,并诱导界面LC分子发生取向改变,而界面上LC分子的短程相互作用引起LC相本体分子的取向改变,在偏光显微镜...     

聚对偶氮氧苯酚酯系列热致性液晶高分子的相转变

合成含有不同亚甲基数（ｎ＝４—１２，１４）的主链型热致性液晶高分子──聚对偶氮氧苯酚二元羧酸酯．用ＤＳＣ和ＦＴＩＲ观测了相转变的奇偶效应，揭示了液晶相转变过程中分子间相互作用力性质的变化．并与聚２，２＇－二甲基对偶氮氧苯酚二元羧酸酯系列进行了比较，讨论了中介单元的对称性对液晶高聚物相转变和对液晶相稳定性的影响．     

硬弹性聚丙烯纤维分子链的取向特征

硬弹性聚丙烯是在应变结晶和热结晶两个复合过程中形成的。利用双折射并结合广角X射线衍射（WAXD）等方法，研究了硬弹性聚丙烯在制备过程中晶相及非晶相分子链取向的变化，讨论了分了链的取向与硬弹性的关系。结果发现：降低熔体温度或提高熔体拉伸比可以提高晶相及非晶相分子链的取向，热处理时，晶相分子链的取向程度有所提高，而非晶相分子链的取向程度有所下降。在所研究的热处理温度的范围内，硬弹性聚丙烯的弹性回复率越高，晶相分子链的取向程度越高。     

Textures and defects in lyotropic liquid crystals of ethyl-cyanoethyl cellulose

Textures and defects in ethyl-cyanoethyl cellulose [(E-CE)C]/dichloroacetic acid (DCA) cholesteric liquid crystalline solutions and in (E-CE)C/polyacrylic acid (PAA) composites were observed and studied by polarizing microscopy and electron microscopy. The existence of χ, λ and τ disclinations were observed in the mesophase with disk-like and band-like textures. Pairs of disclinations with different signs were also found in the mesophase with the band-like texture. Domain walls were observed in (E-CE)C/PAA composite films with cholesteric order by TEM. The orientation of polymer chains in the vicinity of the core of the disclinations is discussed.     

尼龙1010对乙基氰乙基纤维素液晶态的影响

在尼龙1010/乙基氰乙基纤维素/二氯乙酸体系中,尼龙1010/二氯乙酸溶液相与乙基氰乙基纤维素/二氯乙酸溶液相不相容,各自形成相区。在乙基氰乙基纤维索含量一定时,增加尼龙1010的量,使液晶相转变温度提高,液晶相的织构也由于乙基氰乙基纤维素/二氯乙酸溶液相的浓度的增大而发生变化。在受到切应力作用后,液晶溶液形成条带织构,条带的方向与应力方向垂直。随着取向的大分子链的松驰解取向,各条带中沿着大分子链取向的方向上出现许多暗带线.把条带分剖成约0.5-1.0μm长的小块。在足够长的时间后,在切应力的方向上形成许多较宽的带。这些带由许多基本相互平行并与宽带形成一角度的小细带组成。上述现象除了与取向大分子链的松弛有关外,可能还与尼龙1010/二氯乙酸溶液相和乙基氰乙基纤维素/二氯乙酸溶液相的相分离有关。     

乙基醋酸纤维素液晶态条带织构的形成机理

本文应用平行板移动式和转动式二种剪切装置研究了乙基醋酸纤维素的二氯乙酸体系液晶态受剪过程形成条带织构的临界剪切速率,条带织构的形成机理以及所形成的条带织构在升降温过程中的变化。结果表明,高分子液晶态受剪过程条带织构不是在受剪时产生,而是在受剪停止后的弛豫过程中形成的。可以观察到条带织构出现的诱导时间(t_b),其值的大小与溶液的浓度、剪切速率等因素有关。最后提出一模型来解释高分子液晶态受剪切过程条带织构的形成机理。     

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.     

Mesomorphic properties of copolyesters of 3,6-linked triphenylene-based units and polymethylene spacers

Main chain discotic liquid crystalline polymers consisting of triphenylene-based units and alkyl spacers (C8, C10 and C12), connected by ester linkages in the 3- and 6-positions of triphenylene, have been synthesized and their mesomorphic properties were studied by DSC, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It was found that these polymers exhibit a hexagonal columnar (Col h ) mesophase with intracolumnar order over a wide temperature range. The clearing temperature decreases on increasing the spacer length. It was found that the clearing temperatures are rather higher than that of the corresponding triphenylene monomer having six hexyloxy chains. These polymers form an ordered columnar mesophase, while the corresponding monomeric mesogen shows a disordered columnar phase. In the polymeric system, the fluctuations of the disc-like units in the mesophase are restricted by the connection of the mesogenic units, which stabilizes the columnar mesophase.     

Optical Properties and Photopolymerization of Liquid Crystalline (Acetyl) (Ethyl) Cellulose/Acrylic Acid System

The structure and properties of a chiral nematic phase, which reflects one hand of circularly polarized light in a narrow region of wavelength, of fully acetylated (ethyl) cellulose [(acetyl) (ethyl) cellulose, AEC] in acrylic acid (AA) were studied in comparison with (ethyl) cellulose (EC). AEC mesophase formed right-handed chiral nematic structure while EC formed left-handed one. AEC mesophase showed higher birefringence and reflection intensity. The relationship between the reflection wavelength and the polymer concentration was negatively correlated for both AEC and EC mesophases. The relationship between the reflection wavelength and the molecular weight was also negative for AEC mesophase whereas positive for EC mesophase. AEC mesophase was solidified by photopolymerization of AA moiety. It was revealed that the optical properties of AEC mesophase could be preserved by photopolymerization, since the resulting solid material reflects selectively one hand of circularly polarized light.     

Perfect polar stacking of parallel beloamphiphile layers. Synthesis, structure and solid-state optical properties of the unsymmetrical acetophenone azine DCA

Extraordinary high degrees of polar order can be achieved by a rational design that involves the polar stacking of parallel beloamphiphile monolayers (PBAM). This strategy is exemplified by the acetophenone azines MCA (4-methoxy-4'-chloroacetophenone azine) and DCA (4-decoxy-4'-chloroacetophenone azine). The beloamphiphile design aims to achieve strong lateral interactions by way of arene-arene, azine-azine, arene-azine and halogen-bonding interactions. Dipole-induced interactions and halogen bonding dominate interlayer interactions and halogen bonding is shown to effect the layer stacking. Crystals of DCA contain PBAMs with perfect polar order and perfect polar layer stacking, while crystals of MCA features perfect polar order only in one of two layers and layer stacking is polar but not entirely perfect. We report the synthesis of the beloamphiphile DCA, its crystal structure, and we present a comparative discussion of the structures and intermolecular interactions of MCA and DCA. Absorbance and photoluminescence measurements have been carried out for solutions of DCA and for DCA crystals. DCA exhibits a broad emission centered at 2.5 eV when excited with UV radiation. The nonlinear optical response was studied by measuring second harmonic generation (SHG). Strong SHG signals have been observed due to the polar alignment and the DCA crystal's NLO response is 34 times larger than that of urea. Optimization of the beloamphiphile and systematic SAR studies of the polar organic crystals, which are now possible for the very first time, will further improve the performance of this new class of functional organic materials. The materials are organic semiconductors and show promise as blue emitters, as nonlinear optical materials and as OLED materials.     

Thermotropic mesophases in linear polysiloxanes

Flexible linear polysiloxanes with inorganic backbones such as poly(diethylsiloxane) and poly-(dipropylsiloxane) contain no traditional mesogenic groups neither in the main chain nor in side chains and, nevertheless, they are able to form thermotropic mesophases. Recent developments in the study of thermodynamics, kinetics, structure and morphology of these mesophase polymers are considered. The temperature interval of existence of the mesophase is strongly dependent on the length of side radicals and molecular weight. These dependences are examined in detail. X-ray structure and the optical textures seen in the polarizing microscope are discussed. It is shown that large mesophase lamellae represent a very characteristic feature of the morphology of poly(diethylsiloxane). The linear growth rate of the lamellae and the overall calorimetric kinetics of the mesophase formation have been studied at various temperatures and the results obtained have been analyzed using the Avrami equation and the kinetic theory of the linear growth. As a result of the kinetic analysis two-dimensional growth has been suggested in accordance with the microscopic observation. The formation of the mesophase in slightly crosslinked poly(diethylsiloxane) samples can be initiated by stretching. The stress-strain and thermomechanic (deformation calorimetry data) behaviour of such samples is briefly discussed.     

Mesomorphic properties of copolyesters of 3,6-linked triphenylene-based units and polymethylene spacers

Main chain discotic liquid crystalline polymers consisting of triphenylene-based units and alkyl spacers (C8, C10 and C12), connected by ester linkages in the 3- and 6-positions of triphenylene, have been synthesized and their mesomorphic properties were studied by DSC, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It was found that these polymers exhibit a hexagonal columnar (Col_h) mesophase with intracolumnar order over a wide temperature range. The clearing temperature decreases on increasing the spacer length. It was found that the clearing temperatures are rather higher than that of the corresponding triphenylene monomer having six hexyloxy chains. These polymers form an ordered columnar mesophase, while the corresponding monomeric mesogen shows a disordered columnar phase. In the polymeric system, the fluctuations of the disc-like units in the mesophase are restricted by the connection of the mesogenic units, which stabilizes the columnar mesophase.     

Thermotropic liquid crystals based on chito-oligosaccharides. II. Discotic columnar liquid crystals in chitobiose octaalkanoates and chitotriose hendecaalkanoates

Chitobiose octaalkanoates and chitotriose hendecaalkanoates with varying acyl pendant lengths were synthesized and their mesophase properties studied. Both series of derivatives showed an enantiotropic mesophase in a wide temperature region below 200°C. An X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the mesophase to be of a hexagonal columnar type, in which the columns built up by a periodic stacking of chitobiose or chitotriose cores are packed into a two dimensional hexagonal lattice. The mesophase is thus similar to the hexagonal ordered columnar (D_ho) phase in discotics. Compared with cello-oligosaccharide counterparts, the diameter of the column is fairly large and the stacking period somewhat short; these can be interpreted as resulting from the intermolecular hydrogen bonding which is formed between the secondary amide group in the C2 position and the ester group.