Two new polyoxetanes bearing dimesogenic pendants were prepared and their liquid crystalline properties were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing microscopy, and X-ray diffractometry. The dimesogens consist of cholesterol and biphenyl moieties connected through polymethylene spacers. Their biphenyl ends were attached to the oxetane monomer through a hexamethylene unit and the dimesogenic monomers were subjected to cationic ring-opening polymerization. The molecular weights of the polymers were very low and the degree of polymerization was only about 6. The two polymers were found to be thermotropic and formed only the chiral smectic C (Sc*) phase and, thus, their ferroelectricity was studied. Their spontaneous polarization values at the Sc* phase were about 20 nC cm−2 with responsive times of around 0.3 ms at 7 °C below the clearing temperature.
制备了两种新的聚氧杂
环丁烷衍
生物,并通过差示扫描量热法(
DSC)、偏振显微镜和X射线衍射法研究了它们的液晶性质。这些衍
生物由
胆固醇和
联苯部分组成,通过聚亚甲基间隔物连接。它们的
联苯端通过六亚甲基单元连接到氧杂
环丁烷单体上,然后对衍
生物单体进行阳离子开环聚合。聚合物的分子量非常低,聚合度仅为6左右。这两种聚合物具有热致性,仅形成手性层状C(Sc*)相,因此对其
铁电性进行了研究。在Sc*相下,它们的自发极化值约为20 nC cm-2,响应时间约为0.3 ms,低于澄清温度7°C。