氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖的溶致和热致液晶性研究

从壳聚糖出发先羟丙基化再氰乙基化,合成了氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖(羟丙基的摩尔取代度为3.2,氰乙基的取代度为1.0).氰乙基羟丙基壳聚糖(CNHPCS)和羟丙基壳聚糖(HPCS)两者都有胆甾型溶致液晶性,浓溶液呈现指纹状织构.在二氯乙酸中,前者的临界浓度(29%,质量分数,下同)高于后者(17%).这一结果可以用引入氰乙基增加了分子间作用力从而使得链刚性增加来解释.CNHPCS在熔点193℃和分解温度220℃之间很窄的温区内观察到有热致液晶胆甾相.CNHPCS固体膜的胆甾相螺距采用激光小角光散射法测定,结果与偏光显微镜测得的数值一致.     

LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE BEHAVIOR OF FIVE CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES*

Five chitosan derivatives, i.e. O-butyryl chitosan, O-benzoyl chitosan, N-phthaloyl chitosan, N-maleoyl chitosan and O-cyanoethyl chitosan, were prepared from chitosan. All of them had better solubilitythan chitosan, and demonstrated lyotropic liquid crystalline behavior in various solvents. The critical liquidcrystalline behavior of three O-substituted chitosan derivatives was evidently different from two N-substituted analogues. Typical fingerprint textures of cholesteric phase were only observed in three O-substituted derivatives. The critical concentration (v/v%) of three O-substituted derivatives does not dependon the acidity of acidic solvents.     

生物高分子液晶的新家族——甲壳素及其衍生物

讨论了生物高分子甲壳素及其衍生物形成液晶态的基本结构条件。简要介绍了为制备液晶性甲壳素衍生物所必须的一些主要的化学修饰途径。综述了十几年来甲壳素衍生物（主要是壳聚糖及其衍生物）液晶性的研究进展。介绍了甲壳素及其衍生物的液晶纺丝及其应用前景。指出甲壳素衍生物已成为纤维素之外生物高分子液晶的一个新的大家族。