Liquid crystal polymers copolymers and elastomers containing a laterally attached mesogenic unit
作者:Eric A. Whale、Frederick J. Davis、Geoffrey R. Mitchell
DOI:10.1039/jm9960601479
日期:——
The synthesis of a closely-coupled laterally attached side-chain liquid crystal polymer is described. The material exhibits liquid crystalline behaviour over a wide temperature range. Incorporation of non-mesogenic methyl acrylate as a comonomer with the potentially mesogenic monomer results in copolymers which are liquid crystalline, even when the non-mesogenic portion exceeds 60 mol%. Macroscopic alignment can be readily realised in both homopolymer and copolymer samples, either using a magnetic field or by pulling as fibres, and X-ray scattering shows the level of global orientation to be relatively high. Copolymerisation of the mesogenic unit with ca. 10 mol% of hydroxyethyl acrylate results in materials which can be cross-linked by reaction with a diisocyanate. The application of mechanical stress to liquid crystalline elastomers based on this closely coupled unit results in some global orientation of the mesogens, and the stress-strain-orientation behaviour of this cross-linked system is described. Both copolymers and elastomers are compared with liquid crystal polymers in which the mesogen is attached via a terminal linkage.
本文描述了一种紧密耦合侧链液晶聚合物的合成过程。这种材料在很宽的温度范围内都表现出液晶特性。将非介源型丙烯酸甲酯作为共聚单体与潜在的介源型单体结合在一起,可产生液晶共聚物,即使非介源型部分超过 60 摩尔%。在均聚物和共聚物样品中,通过磁场或纤维拉动,很容易实现宏观配向,X 射线散射显示全局配向水平相对较高。介源单元与约 10 摩尔%的丙烯酸羟乙酯共聚后,可生成与二异氰酸酯反应交联的材料。对以这种紧密耦合单元为基础的液晶弹性体施加机械应力会导致中间体的某些全局取向,并描述了这种交联系统的应力-应变-取向行为。共聚物和弹性体都与液晶聚合物进行了比较,在液晶聚合物中,介质是通过终端链接连接的。