液晶嵌段共聚物PET/60PHB-b-PC的合成及结构与性能

采用ＰＥＴ齐聚物的原位乙酰化法通过加入少量乙二醇（ＥＧ）合成了端羟基液晶聚合物ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ，并将其作为大单体，与双酚Ａ及碳酸二苯酯通过熔融酯交换法，进一步制得了液晶嵌段共聚物ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ ｂ ＰＣ．研究了合成规律，并借助粘度测定、ＤＳＣ、偏光显微镜、Ｘ 光衍射和红外光谱分析等手段对合成的液晶嵌段共聚物进行了表征．研究表明，当ＰＥＴ齐聚物的ηｉｎｈ＝００５～００７ｄＬ／ｇ，Ａｃ２Ｏ／ＰＨＢ（ｍｏｌ／ｍｏｌ）＝１３，ＥＧ／ＰＥＴ（ｍｏｌ／ｍｏｌ）＝００６时能获得颜色、液晶性、溶解性均很好的端羟基液晶聚合物ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ，以此液晶聚合物为原料，采用合适的配方与工艺，能获得粘度较高、液晶性较好，并且熔体流动性很好的液晶嵌段共聚物ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ ｂ ＰＣ．通过偏光显微镜与Ｘ 光衍射观察，证明此嵌段共聚物呈现向列型液晶织构，但其液晶态织构与纯ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ、ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ和ＰＣ的混合物明显不同．此外，还初步建立了用红外的分析手段鉴定液晶聚合物ＰＥＴ／６０ＰＨＢ端基的方法．     

Mesomorphic Schiff base amine tethered giant gold nanoparticles

GNP-LC hybrid incorporating giant gold nanoclusters was accessed with tailor made liquid crystalline Schiff base bearing amine function as reactive end group without using any external reducing agent. The liquid crystal phase (smectic C) of the Schiff base remained unaltered in the hybrid material. The ligand and hybrid both exhibited interesting concentration-dependent fluorescence quenching of 9,10-diphenylanthracene when excited at 345 nm wavelength in dichloromethane solution. The GNP-LC hybrid exhibited reasonably good electrical conductivity showing an Arrhenius-type behaviour in the smectic mesophase and a tunnelling behaviour in the crystalline state.     

近晶型聚硅氧烷侧链液晶的合成与表征

以烯丙基溴、对羟基苯甲酸、对氰基苯酚为主要原料合成了液晶基元对-烯丙氧基苯甲酸对-羟基苯氰酯,通过硅氢化加成反应将其接枝到聚甲基氢硅氧烷主链上,合成了一种新型的聚硅氧烷侧链液晶.通过傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FT-IR)、氢核磁共振仪(1H-NMR)、差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、热台偏光显微镜(POM)和X-射线衍射仪(XR...     

液晶离聚物的合成

由于液晶离聚物需要在液晶聚合物中引入离子基团，因此造成了合成上的困难，有关液晶离聚物的合成还处于探索阶段。本文综述了液晶离聚物的合成方法，并描述了这些方法所获得的液晶离聚物的规律性的液晶行为。     

Structure-property relations in linear and crosslinked liquid crystalline polymers

This paper reviews structure-property relations in liquid crystalline side group polymers, as investigated by X-ray scattering of fibres, by small angle X-ray scattering in solution, by dielectric relaxation measurements and by melt rheology, as well as synthetic ways to “combined liquid crystalline polymers”. The synthesis of liquid crystalline elastomers from side group, main chain and combined liquid crystalline polymers is described. First structure-property relations are discussed.     

Synthesis and properties of photochromic liquid‐crystalline copolymers containing both spironaphthoxazine and cholesteryl groups

Photochromic liquid‐crystalline copolymers consisting of a photochromic monomeric unit containing both a spironaphthoxazine group and an undecamethylene spacer, and a liquid‐crystalline monomeric unit containing both a cholesteryl group and a decamethylene spacer were prepared to investigate the effect of the thermal properties of the photochromic monomeric unit on the mesomorphic order of the side chain of the related copolymers. The photochromic liquid‐crystalline copolymers containing a photochromic liquid‐crystalline monomeric unit showed only a smectic phase. On the other hand, the photochromic liquid‐crystalline copolymers containing a photochromic non‐liquid‐crystalline monomeric unit showed a chiral nematic phase (cholesteric phase). The photochromic chiral nematic liquid‐crystalline copolymer containing 14 mol % photochromic monomeric unit reflected visible light around 104 °C. To lower the temperature range of reflection of visible light, cholesteryl oleyl carbonate was used as a chiral nematic plasticizer for the photochromic chiral liquid‐crystalline polymer systems. Photo‐induced pitch change of the mixture by means of UV irradiation was investigated and it was concluded that the pitch change observed under UV irradiation was mainly induced by thermal effect in the case of our system. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 887–894, 2000     

Block copolymers and liquid crystalline block copolymers: A bird's-eye view

Block copolymers and liquid crystals are separately known to order at different length scales. Various types of molecular interactions in liquid crystalline block copolymers determine complex phase behaviors and states of order, and thereby can provide a way of tailoring the material properties. Examples of liquid crystalline block copolymers will be discussed as they may offer unique opportunities for both theoretical and experimental research.     

梯形聚硅氧烷液晶的研究进展

摘 要 梯形聚硅氧烷液晶具有独特的稳定性、透明性及成膜性等优点,是一种性能优异的新型功能材料。本文综述了梯形聚硅氧烷液晶近年来的发展现状;介绍了梯形聚硅氧烷液晶的结构特点,根据液晶基元接枝到梯形高分子主链上的方式,将梯形聚硅氧烷液晶分为鱼骨形和划艇形两种;总结了挂接不同侧基的梯形聚硅氧烷的合成路线,包括梯形聚苯基倍半硅氧烷、梯形聚甲基倍半硅氧烷、梯形聚氢基倍半硅氧烷、梯形聚乙烯基倍半硅氧烷等;介绍了几种液晶基元不同的梯形聚硅氧烷液晶的合成;最后提出了几个梯形聚硅氧烷液晶研究工作面临的问题,并对梯形聚硅氧烷液晶的发展前景做出了展望。     

半刚性乙酰氧丙基纤维素的制备与液晶相转变的影响研究

以羟丙基纤维素为原料,通过酯化反应合成了分子量较高的乙酰氧丙基纤维素,并用ＦＴ－ＩＲ表征了化学结构。以ＤＳＣ,Ｘ－ｒａｙ衍射ＰＬＭ和ＳＡＬＳ手段研究了产物的热致液晶相转变及其影响因素和溶致液晶性。实验表明,产物的乙酰基含量受合成温度和反应时间影响,其热致液晶的相转变温度和温域随乙酰基含量变化。     

Synthesis and crosslinking of polyethers that have mesogenic cores and propargyl groups

We modified poly(epichlorohydrin) (PECH) with biphenyl carboxylic and naphthalene carboxylic acid derivatives which contains propargyloxy moieties. The linear polymers were characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, DSC and TGA. We obtained only one side chain liquid crystalline. A smectic A mesophase of this biphenyl derivative was identified by DSC, light polarized optical microscopy and X‐ray diffraction. Thermal crosslinking of the aryl propargyl ether group via sigmatropic rearrangement took place while the material was in the isotropic phase. Partially curing this reactive liquid crystalline polymer resulted in the formation of an anisotropic elastomer when the curing was radically initiated in the range of mesophase stability. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3883–3892, 2002     

Dielectric permittivity properties of a fulgide dye guest-host liquid crystal

The dielectric permittivity of the nematic liquid crystalline mixture E7, doped with a low concentration of the photochromic material thiophene fulgide, was studied and compared with the properties of the pure E7. Fulgides are a group of thermally stable photochromic materials. On irradiation with ultraviolet light, a ring-closure occurs, giving an isomer which is stable if the dye is kept in the dark. The isomerism induces changes to the steric, dipolar and electronic conjugation properties of the species. A capacitive technique was used to determine the dielectric constants of the fulgide-doped liquid crystalline mixtures. The parallel and perpendicular components of dielectric constant were measured using a single cell, in the latter case in the presence of a magnetic field. Measurements were made on the photochromic system before and after ultraviolet irradiation and a marked variation in the dielectric properties of the mixture was observed. This was shown to be entirely due to the differences in phase transition temperatures between the irradiated and non-irradiated guest-host mixtures.     

Donor-acceptor-donor-type liquid crystal with a pyridazine core

[structure: see text] A new liquid crystalline material having an ethylenedioxythiophene-pyridazine-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT-PDZ-EDOT) core with two peripheral long alkyl chains was prepared. The designated donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D)-type core structure induced a distinct smectic liquid crystalline phase due to the strong intermolecular interaction. The photophysical property and the layer structure of the liquid crystal were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarized light microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and cyclic voltammetry.     

The synthesis and characterization of a new class of liquid crystalline polymers based on s-triazine

The synthesis and characterization of a new class of liquid crystalline alternating copolymers based on s-triazine rings, connected by flexible alkyldiamine spacers and other selected bridging groups is reported. The propensity of the system to demonstrate liquid crystallinity as a function of the bridging group is investigated. Unexpectedly, the homopolymer of the triazine ring connected by a flexible alkyldiamine spacer is also a liquid crystalline polymer. A new polymerization technique is reported in which the alkyldiamine serves the dual role of monomer and proton acceptor. These polymers form liquid crystalline glasses which are transparent and have good mechanical properties. This suggests that they could be interesting materials to be further studied in the context of non-linear optics.     

Room‐Temperature,Strain‐Tunable Orientation of Magnetization in a Hybrid Ferromagnetic Co Nanorod–Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposite

Hybrid nanocomposites based on magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in liquid crystalline elastomers are fascinating emerging materials. Their expected strong magneto‐elastic coupling may open new applications as actuators, magnetic switches, and for reversible storage of magnetic information. We report here the synthesis of a novel hybrid ferromagnetic liquid crystalline elastomer. In this material, highly anisotropic Co nanorods are aligned through a cross‐linking process performed in the presence of an external magnetic field. We obtain a highly anisotropic magnetic material which exhibits remarkable magneto‐elastic coupling. The nanorod alignment can be switched at will at room temperature by weak mechanical stress, leading to a change of more than 50 % of the remnant magnetization ratio and of the coercive field.     

Room‐Temperature,Strain‐Tunable Orientation of Magnetization in a Hybrid Ferromagnetic Co Nanorod–Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposite

Hybrid nanocomposites based on magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in liquid crystalline elastomers are fascinating emerging materials. Their expected strong magneto‐elastic coupling may open new applications as actuators, magnetic switches, and for reversible storage of magnetic information. We report here the synthesis of a novel hybrid ferromagnetic liquid crystalline elastomer. In this material, highly anisotropic Co nanorods are aligned through a cross‐linking process performed in the presence of an external magnetic field. We obtain a highly anisotropic magnetic material which exhibits remarkable magneto‐elastic coupling. The nanorod alignment can be switched at will at room temperature by weak mechanical stress, leading to a change of more than 50 % of the remnant magnetization ratio and of the coercive field.     

Preparation of side‐chain liquid crystalline Azopolymers by CuAAC postfunctionalization using bifunctional azides: Induction of chirality using circularly polarized light

Well‐defined side‐chain liquid crystal azopolymers have been synthesized by click chemistry of poly(propargyl methacrylate) with bifunctional liquid crystalline azides to produce materials with large degrees of functionalization. A polymeric scaffold having pendant alkyne groups was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and postfunctionalized by copper(I)‐catalyzed azide‐alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) using homo‐ and heterobifunctional azides. The azides are derivatives of 2,2‐bis(hydroxymethyl)propanoic acid (bis‐MPA) containing photoresponsive azobenzene and/or liquid crystalline biphenyl moieties. The approach is a convenient alternative to increase the density of functional units in side‐chain polymers having moderate polymerization degrees and to modulate the properties of the final material. The article describes the synthesis, characterization, and liquid crystalline properties of the obtained polymers. The effect of the chemical structure and the possible cooperative effects between functional units in the photo‐induction of chirality are also evaluated. A switchable photo‐transference of chirality from the circularly polarized light (CPL) to material has been achieved. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Synthesis of cyclopentyloxy terphenyl liquid crystals with negative dielectric anisotropy

Liquid crystalline materials possessing negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε) have attracted considerable attention because they can be used to formulate eutectic mixture for several display applications. The negative Δε can be achieved by introducing a lateral polar substituent onto the mesogen core of a liquid crystalline material, and fluorine atoms are usually used because of the small size and high electronegativity. 2,3-ortho-Difluoro substituent liquid crystals exhibit stable and profound physical properties such as the low viscosity, strong negative Δε, and high solubility. To avoid the decrease of the mesophase range, 2,3-ortho-difluorophenyl is often placed next to the terminal chain. In this paper, we have synthesised a new series of 2,3-ortho-difluoroterphenyl liquid crystals with a negative dielectric anisotropy. Ether oxygen is introduced to the structure because it can further increase the lateral dipole moment. 3-Alkylcyclopentane end group decreases both the melting point and the viscosity, which makes it an appropriate substituent for negative Δε 2,3-ortho-difluoroterphenyl liquid crystals. The mesomorphic properties as well as the optical anisotropies of the synthesised liquid crystals are discussed in this paper. All compounds in the series are found to possess highly negative dielectric anisotropy, wide mesophase ranges; therefore, they have a great potential to formulate eutectic mixture for liquid crystal displays.     

Chirality-induced phase transitions in some liquid crystalline binary mixtures

Novel binary mixtures have been prepared between an optically active antiferroelectric liquid crystal, (S)-4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonyl)phenyl 4'-octyloxy-biphenyl-4-carboxylate, and an optically active twin liquid crystal, (R)-3-methyladipic acid bis[4-(5-octyl-2-(pyrimidinyl)phenyl] ester, and the liquid crystalline properties investigated. The stability of each liquid crystal phase was found to decrease by mixing these two liquid crystalline materials. Furthermore, a phase diagram between these compounds showed a clear discontinuity in phase sequences. These results indicate that the liquid crystal phases are different in nature between these materials. The mixture consisting of the antiferroelectric material (40 per cent) and the twin material (60 per cent) shows an unusual liquid crystal phase, where the texture is similar to that reported for the twist grain boundary (TGB) phase. Related binary mixtures have been prepared between optically active or racemic materials, where the chirality of the system is expected to be altered systematically. The TGB phase was found to be induced only in the mixture between the optically active materials. Two kinds of effect on the appearance of the TGB phase, i.e. a strong helical structure induced by the optically active twin liquid crystal and a decrease of the smectic layer strength achieved by mixing between two types of liquid crystalline materials, are discussed.     

Nonionic diethanolamide amphiphiles with unsaturated C18 hydrocarbon chains: thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystalline phase behavior

The neat and lyotropic liquid crystalline phase behavior of three nonionic diethanolamide amphiphiles with C18 hydrocarbon chains containing one, two or three unsaturated bonds has been examined. This has allowed the effect of degree of unsaturation on the phase behavior of diethanolamide amphiphiles to be investigated. Neat linoleoyl and linolenoyl diethanolamide undergo a transition from a glassy liquid crystal to a liquid crystal at ～-85 °C, while neat oleoyl diethanolamide undergoes a transition at ～-60 °C to a liquid crystalline material before re-crystallizing at -34 °C. Oleoyl diethanolamide then undergoes a third transition from a crystalline phase to a smectic liquid crystalline phase at ～5 °C. In the absence of water, the transition temperature from a smectic liquid crystal to an isotropic liquid decreases with increasing unsaturation. The addition of water results in the formation of a lamellar phase (L(α)) for all three amphiphiles. The lamellar phase is stable under excess water conditions up to temperatures of at least 70 °C. Approximate partial binary amphiphile-water phase diagrams generated for the three unsaturated C18 amphiphiles indicate that the excess water point for each amphiphile occurs at ～60% (w/w) amphiphile.     

Charge-transport in crystalline organic semiconductors with liquid crystalline order

We report the design and synthesis of a liquid crystalline material exhibiting highly ordered smectic phases and high charge carrier-mobility; by a process known as "paramorphosis" highly ordered smectic phases can be transferred to the amorphous crystalline state on crystallisation without the formation of significant crystal grain boundaries and deep traps.