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.     

刚性链侧链型液晶高分子（甲壳型液晶高分子）研究进展

普通的侧链型液晶高分子属柔性链高分子,而“甲壳型液晶高分子”虽从化学结构着属于侧链型液晶高分子,其性质却和典型的眩链型液晶高分子相似,具有很大的分子链刚性。本文介绍了“甲型液晶高分子”这一科学概念及其研究进展,并对尚待解决的问题进行了探讨。     

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.     

不同主链"甲壳型"高分子的合成及其液晶性研究

"甲壳型"液晶高分子(MJLCP)的概念是周其凤等[1]在1987年首次提出的,随后分别被文献[2～8]所证实.由于液晶基元对空间的要求,液晶高分子主链采取尽可能伸展的构象.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,但至今尚不清楚其产生液晶性的原因.     

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.     

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…     

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.     

长侧基甲壳型液晶高分子的合成及性质研究

设计并合成了一系列尾链为不同长度烷氧基的长侧基甲壳型液晶高分子聚[2,5-二(4 ′-烷氧基联苯氧羰基)苯乙烯]( PnCbiPCS,n=4,6,8,10,14).这些聚合物都具有良好的热稳定性.偏光显微镜及一维和二维广角X射线衍射等研究结果表明PnCbiPCS这一系列聚合物均能形成稳定的近晶A相结构,所对应的层间距随...     

一种侧链液晶高分子的合成与表征

合成了一种主链为甲基丙烯酸酯 ,侧链是三个苯环以酯键相连的介晶基元 ,柔性间隔段为两个亚甲基的新的侧链液晶高分子 .聚合物和单体的化学结构、液晶相转变和液晶态织构采用红外光谱、核磁共振、偏光显微镜、差热分析和广角X光衍射进行了表征 .研究表明 ,单体呈现近晶相和向列相两个液晶相 ,聚合物在很宽的温度范围内呈向列相 .该单体和聚合物在一定条件下可形成固化诱导条带织构     

一种西佛碱侧链型液晶高分子的合成及表征

一种西佛碱侧链型液晶高分子的合成及表征邹友思，林国良，姚青青，戴李宗，潘容华（厦门大学化学系厦门３６１００５）关键词联苯，西佛碱，侧链型，液晶高分子，基团转移聚合Ｆｉｎｋｅｌｌｎａｎｎ等提出的柔性基去偶合概念’］已在侧链型液晶高分子的研究中得到了证实...     

Liquid Crystalline Polymers

History of Liquid Crystalline PolymersThe liquid crystalline(LC)state was first observed by Austrian botanist and chemist F.Reinitzer more than a century ago,and it was then confirmed in 1888 by German physicist O.Lehmann who named such a state of matter as"liquid crystal"in 1900.While low molecular mass(LMM)liquid crystals were successfully used in LC displays(LCDs),the development of LC polymers(LCPs)followed an independent path.Conceptually,LCPs are prepared with the incorporation of mesogenic groups that are responsible for the formation of LC mesophases,such as rod-like(calamitic)and discotic ones,into polymer chains.Depending on where the mesogens are attached,traditionally there are three major categories of LCPs.Main-chain LCPs(MCLCPs)have mesogens in the polymer backbone,while mesogens of side-chain LCPs(SCLCPs)are incorporated as side groups in a polymer with a relatively flexible main chain.In main-chain/side-chain combined LCPs(MCSCLCPs),mesogens are in both the backbone and side chains.Other classes of LCPs include mesogenjacketed LCPs(MJLCPs),dendronized LCPs,and LC networks(LCNs).     

MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF A THERMOTROPIC SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER DURING MESOPHASE TRANSITIONS*

The morphological features of a side-chain liquid crystalline polymer during the mesophasetransitions were investigated by using the DSC technique. The polymer used was polyacrylate with mesogensof three benzene rings attached to the main chain through a flexible spacer. A special two-phase texture wasobserved in the transition temperature range. Similar to main-chain liquid crystalline polymers the transitionprocess of the side-chain liquid crystalline polymer was composed of an initiation of the new phase at localplaces of the old phase matrix and a growth process of the new phase domains.     

Side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with silphenylene-siloxane main chains. III. Synthesis and characterization of polymers with phenyl benzoate mesogenic groups

Side-chain liquid crystalline (SCLC) silphenylene-siloxane polymers with a phenyl benzoate mesogenic group and polymethylene spacers were prepared and characterized, and their properties were compared with those of equivalent SCLC polymers, SCLCPs, with a biphenyl mesogenic group. With identical spacers and terminal substituents, the melting temperatures of the former were much lower, but the isotropization temperatures were lowered to a lesser extent, than those of the latter, and, consequently, a more thermally stable nematic phase was obtained for the former. Both types of SCLCPs formed nematic phases, while polymethylsiloxanes with the same side-chain mesogens exhibited smectic phases with wider temperature ranges. The lower thermal stability of the mesophases in the silphenylene-siloxane SCLCPs compared to those of the SCLC polymethylsiloxanes can be attributed to both the rigidity of the backbone and the greater separation of the side-chains along the main chains of the former.     

Influencing factors on liquid crystalline properties of cholesterol side-chain liquid crystalline polymers without spacer: molecular weight and copolymerisation

ABSTRACT

It is a challenge to tailor the phase behavior and phase structure of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers carrying targeted ordered structures and functional properties. In this work, liquid crystalline (LC) properties of cholesterol side-chain polymers without spacer were controlled by molecular weight (M_n) and copolymerization. On the one hand, two series of homopolymers without the spacer, poly (methacrylic acid) cholesterol esters (PCholMC_n) and poly (acrylic acid) cholesterol esters (PCholAC_n) with different M_n and low polydispersity, were achieved by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. The experiment results indicated that the M_n had little effect on the LC properties of PCholMC_n and all homopolymers formed the smectic A phase. However, the phase structures of PCholAC were found to be strongly M_n dependent. The polymers PCholAC_n were amorphous when the M_n was lower than a critical value of approximately 1210₃ g/mol. But when the M_n exceeded the critical value, the polymers exhibited smectic A phase. On the other hand, two kinds of random copolymers, poly(cholest-5-en-3-methacrylate)-co-polymethyl acrylate (PCholMC-co-MA) and poly(cholest-5-en-3-acrylate)-co-polymethyl acrylate (PCholAC-co-MA) were synthesized with various composition. The findings suggested that the steric effect of main-chain and the interaction of mesogens would promote the formation of LC phase.     

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.     

Synthesis and characterisation of polymethacrylates containing para-, meta- and ortho-monosubstituted azobenzene moieties in the side chain

Three sets of novel side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with monosubstituted azobenzene moieties in the side-chain have been studied. These are poly(p-(4′-methoxy-4-oxyhexyloxy azobenzene) benzyl methacrylate) (PPHABM), poly(m-(4′-methoxy-4-oxyhexyloxy azobenzene) benzyl methacrylate) (PMHABM) and poly(o-(4′-methoxy-4-oxyhexyloxy azobenzene) benzyl methacrylate) (POHABM). The chemical structure of the monomers was confirmed by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The structural characterisation of the polymers was performed by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography, and their phase behaviour and liquid crystalline properties were studied using differential scanning calorimetry, polarised optical microscopy and wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The results show that the transitional behaviour of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers containing monosubstituted azobenzene moieties depends strongly on the position of the substituent on the azobenzene moiety; for example, the ortho-monosubstituted polymers do not form liquid crystalline phases, but all the para- and meta-monosubstituted polymers exhibit a smectic A phase. Furthermore, the glass transition temperature (T_g ) of the polymers decreases in the order, para > meta > ortho. For the PPHABM and PMHABM polymers the isotropic temperature (T_i ) and liquid crystalline range (ΔT, from T_g to T_i ) are found to be in the order, para > meta, although it is surprising that the associated enthalpy changes in these polymers is the opposite order, meta > para.     

Effect of the site of hydrogen-bonding on the liquid crystalline behaviour of supramolecular complexes

Two series of hydrogen-bonded side-chain liquid crystal polymers have been prepared by mixing components containing carboxyl acid and pyridyl-based fragments. We have focused our attention on the effect that the position of the hydrogen bond donor or acceptor site attached to the side-chain backbone has on the hydrogen-bonding interactions and liquid crystalline phase transitions of the system. The liquid crystalline behaviour of the complexes is studied using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The results indicate that the phase transition temperatures of the complexes are influenced by the site of hydrogen-bonding.     

Laterally attached liquid crystalline polymers as stationary phases in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. II. Optimization of the molecular parameter of the polymer

Stationary phases obtained by coating side-chain liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) with the mesogenic rod like units laterally attached to a polysiloxane backbone via a flexible spacer have been already reported. These phases show excellent planarity and shape recognition for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) solutes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Optimization of these stationary phases in terms of molecular parameters of the polymer is here described. Fifteen stationary phases have been prepared varying different parameters such as the spacer length, the aliphatic tail length, and the proportion of laterally attached mesogenic units along the polymer chain. The results show that the combination of a long spacer and long terminal chains, which generates a smectic phase in the polymer bulk, leads to the best chromatographic performances towards planarity and shape recognition for PAH solutes.