We have synthesized highly birefringent liquid-crystalline polymers (LCPs) containing an azobenzene group directly connected to a tolane moiety (P3ATm), in which the alkyl spacer length (CH2)m was varied as m
= 6, 9 and 12. All LCPs showed a nematic phase in a broad temperature range (>170 °C). The homogeneously aligned LCP films showed a high value of birefringence (about 0.4) and a large change in the birefringence could be induced by photoinduced alignment change. Grating formation of LCPs has been explored in a glassy state. The diffraction efficiency (η) showed a maximum when an order–disorder change was completed in the bright areas of the interference patterns. Studies on the effects of light intensity on the grating formation suggested that the diffraction efficiency was high (η
= 20%) even though the alignment change of the azo-tolane moieties was small. Furthermore, the behavior of the grating formation was found to be dependent on the alkyl spacer length of P3ATm.
我们合成了高双折射液晶聚合物 (LCP),其中含有一个直接连接到
甲苯分子的
偶氮苯基 (P3ATm),烷基间隔长度 (
CH2)m 变化为 m = 6、9 和 12。所有 LCP 在较宽的温度范围内(>170 °C)都呈现出向列相。均匀配向的 LCP 薄膜显示出较高的双折射值(约 0.4),光诱导配向变化可引起双折射的大幅变化。在
玻璃态中探索了 LCP 的光栅形成。当干涉图案的亮区完成有序-无序变化时,衍射效率(η)达到最大值。对光强对光栅形成影响的研究表明,即使偶氮-
甲苯分子的排列变化很小,衍射效率也很高(η = 20%)。此外,研究还发现光栅形成的行为取决于 P3ATm 的烷基间隔长度。