Synthesis and thermal transitional properties of side-chain liquid crystalline polyacrylates containing para-nitroazobenzene as mesogenic groups
✍ Scribed by Min Li; Enle Zhou; Jiping Xu; Xinfang Chen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 480 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
The synthesis and characterization of side-chain liquid crystalline (LC) polyacrylates containing para-nitroazohenzene (Pn) as mesogenic groups were described. Homopolymers with 3 and 4 carbon atoms in the spacers were non-LC polymers; for homopolymers with 6 carbon atoms in the spacer, nematic LC behavior was observed. Copolymers with acrylic acid as one component exhibited a n S,, phase according to the WAXD results which showed the d / l of 1.4-1.54 for the copolymers with 3 , 4 , and 6 carbon atoms in the spacers. Considering the molecular structure as well as the WAXD results of the copolymers, the possible molecular arrangement in the smectic S,, phase was proposed, in which the smectic layers were composed of the antiparallel mesogens and the antiparallel arrangement was considered to be enhanced due to the H bond between -COOH and -NOp. The stressinduced orientational phenomena of P n in the LC states was also discussed.