Side chain cholesteric liquid crystalline elastomers: synthesis and phase behaviour |
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Authors: | Jian-she Hu Bao-yan Zhang Ke Sun Qian-yue Li |
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Affiliation: | a The Center for Molecular Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, PR China |
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Abstract: | A series of new side chain cholesteric liquid crystalline elastomers (P-2-P-6) containing the nematic crosslinking monomer 4-(10-undecen-1-yloyloxy)benzoyl-4'-allyloxybenzoyl-p-benzenediol bisate (M-1) and the cholesteric monomer 4-cholesteryl 4-(10-undecen-1-yloyloxy)benzoate (M-2) were synthesized. The chemical structures of the monomers and elastomers obtained were confirmed by FTIR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Their liquid crystalline properties and phase behaviour were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The effect of the crosslinking units on phase behaviour is discussed. Elastomers containing less than 20 mol % of the crosslinking units showed elasticity, reversible phase transitions and cholesteric Grandjean texture. The experimental results demonstrated that the glass transition and isotropization temperatures of P-2-P-6 increased with the increasing concentration of crosslinking unit M-1. |
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