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.     

侧链胆甾液晶聚合物及弹性体的液晶性能研究

把胆甾液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酸胆甾醇酯 (Mch)分别和向列液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酰氧基 4′ 甲氧基苯 (Mn) ,向列液晶交联剂 2 叔丁基对苯二酚双 [4 (6 丙烯酰氧基己氧基 )苯甲酸酯 ](Mnc)接枝到聚硅氧烷链上 ,得到系列侧链液晶聚合物Pn 系列和液晶弹性体Pe 系列 .通过热分析、偏光显微分析和X 射线分析等手段分别研究了向列液晶单体和向列液晶交联剂对含同一胆甾液晶基元聚合物的影响 .结果表明 ,向列液晶单体的摩尔百分比在 80 %以下 ,液晶聚合物Pn 系列为胆甾型液晶 ,在研究的范围内 ,液晶弹性体Pe 系列也为胆甾型液晶 ,Pn 系列和Pe 系列都具有较宽的液晶相范围 ,热分解温度均在 2 80℃以上 .     

光致变色液晶高分子研究（Ⅲ）──含胆甾介晶基元和偶氮苯光色基元侧链共聚硅氧烷的液晶行为

用热台偏光显微镜、Ｘ射线衍射和ＤＳＣ研究了含胆甾介晶基元和偶氮苯光色基元侧链共聚硅氧烷（ＰＳＩ）的液晶性．将非介晶基元并入液晶均聚物，所得共聚物的液晶态类型不变，仍显示近晶型织构，在ＰＳＩ共聚物中，保持液晶性的含介晶基元单体的最低极限组成为６０ｍｏｌ％．在液晶性存在的范围内，共聚物的清亮点由１３０℃升至１７０℃，液晶共聚物的热稳定性随非介晶组分含量的增加而增强．     

Synthesis and thermal properties of side-chain liquid crystalline polyethers with racemic and chiral backbone

Racemic and chiral [(4-cyano-4′-biphenyl)oxy] and [(4-methoxy-4′-biphenyl)oxy]methyloxiranes were prepared from racemic epichlorohydrin or racemic and chiral glycidols and polymerized in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) with Bu^tOK as the initiator system. Initial phase identifications were made by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and optical microscopy techniques and confirmed by X-ray diffraction measurements. Upon heating, all the monomers show only a crystal–isotropic phase transition. The racemic and chiral [(4-cyano-4′-biphenyl)oxy]methyloxiranes exhibit a nematic and a cholesteric monotropic phase, respectively. Methoxybiphenyl substituted polyethers are crystalline and insoluble in virtually all common solvents. Cyanobiphenyl substituted polyethers are soluble under the same experimental conditions and show enantiotropic liquid crystalline properties. The racemic polymer exhibits a nematic phase, while the optically active polymer forms a cholesteric phase.     

Phase and optical behaviours of chiral-azo liquid crystal polymethylsiloxanes with isosorbide units

ABSTRACT

In this study, we synthesised two series of cholesteric liquid crystal polymers CPQ and CPZ series. First, we prepared four different monomers ML₁ containing a cholesteryl group, ML₂ containing a cyano group, ML₃ containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and ML₄ containing isosorbide with azo groups. With the polymethylsiloxanes as the main chain, CPQ series were then synthesised by copolymerisation among the monomers ML₁, ML₂ and ML₃ and CPZ series were synthesised by esterification between the CPQ series and the monomer ML₄. ¹HNMR and FT-IR spectra confirmed the chemical structures of all the monomers and polymers. The mesomorphic behaviours and thermal properties were investigated by TGA, DSC, POM and XRD. Both the CPQ and CPZ series exhibited excellent thermal stability and reversible phase transitions, as well as interesting Grandjean textures under POM. CPZ series showed higher optical activity than CPQ series due to the introduction of the isosorbide group and the azo group, which could tune the pitch to make Bragg selective reflection appear more easily. UV–Vis spectra investigated the photoresponse behaviours of CPZ series thoroughly.     

Synthesis and characterization of two series of pressure-sensitive cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with optical properties

ABSTRACT

We synthesized two series of cholesteric liquid-crystal elastomers by hydrosilylation among monomers MA containing a cholesteryl group, MB (MC) containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and MD as the crosslinker. The chemical structures of all the monomers and LCEs were confirmed by ¹H NMR and FT-IR. We explored the mesomorphic properties and phase behaviours by TGA, DSC, POM, and XRD. All the LCEs presented elasticity, reversible phase transition, and high thermal stability. For two series of LCEs, the glass transition temperature increased slowly, and the isotropic transition temperature increased obviously. PA-I-PA-V and PB-I-PB-IV displayed selective reflection and colourful Grandjean texture, but PA-VI, PB-V, and PB-VI needed external pressure to show them.     

胆甾液晶二氮杂冠醚-Eu(Ⅲ)配合物LB膜和荧光性质研究

研究了胆甾液晶二氮杂冠醚N,N'-双[胆甾-5-烯-3β-氧羰甲基]-1,10-二氮-4,7,13,16-四氧环十八烷(1)及其与Eu³⁺的配合物(2)、2与苯甲酸的混配物(3)的LB膜和荧光性质.结果表明:1、2和3都在水溶液亚相液面形成稳定的单分子膜,但只有1的单分子面积受亚相pH的影响.1、2和3的单分子膜都容易转移到石英基片上形成LB膜,其中2和3为X型,转移比分别为0.6和1.0.在LB膜中,在2的荧光激发波长范围比在溶液中的宽,荧光强度也比在溶液中的强得多.在2中添加苯甲酸形成3可改善LB膜中分子有序排列,荧光强度增强到无苯甲酸时的2.0倍.所有这些LB膜,即使添加了苯甲酸的,都不是很稳定.