A homologous series of pentadecyl phenol functionalized perylenebisimide (PBI) terminated with trialkoxy gallate esters was synthesized, where the terminal alkyl chain length was varied from n = 4 to 12 (PBI-En). The thermotropic liquid crystalline (LC) characteristics of the molecules were analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized light microscopy (PLM) combined with variable temperature wide angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) techniques. A clear oddâeven oscillation was observed in the melting as well as isotropization enthalpies as a function of alkyl spacer length in the terminal gallate unit, with the even spacers exhibiting higher values. The higher members of the series with n > 8 exhibited thermotropic liquid crystalline textures in the PLM, which remained stable until room temperature. The nature of the LC phase was identified to be columnar rectangular and columnar hexagonal based on detailed analysis of the WXRD pattern recorded in the LC phase. The WXRD pattern of the room temperature LC frozen samples indicated a nearly constant intra columnar stack distance of â¼3.7 Ã
for all the members. The space-charge-limited current (SCLC) values of the LC frozen sample films were analyzed for dependence of the bulk mobility estimate on the nature of the LC phase. The columnar hexagonal phase exhibited a mobility value one order (10â3 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1) higher than that of crystalline (10â4 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1) and two orders higher than that of columnar rectangular phase (10â5 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1), indicating a strong dependence of packing on bulk mobility.
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十五烷基
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亚胺(PBI),其末端烷基链长度从 n = 4 到 12 不等(PBI-En)。利用差示扫描量热法(
DSC)、偏光显微镜(PLM)和变温广角 X 射线衍射(WXRD)技术分析了分子的热致液晶(LC)特性。在熔化焓和异方化焓中观察到了明显的奇偶振荡,这是
没食子酸酯末端单元中烷基间隔长度的函数,偶数间隔的数值更高。在 PLM 中,n > 8 的较高系列成员表现出热致液晶质地,这种质地在室温下保持稳定。根据对液晶相中记录的 WXRD 图样的详细分析,确定了液晶相的性质为柱状矩形和柱状六方。室温下冷冻低浓相样品的 WXRD 图样表明,所有成员的柱状堆栈内距离几乎恒定为±3.7 Ã。分析了低浓冷冻样品薄膜的空间电荷限制电流(SCLC)值,以了解体迁移率估计值与低浓相性质的关系。柱状六方相的迁移率值(10â3 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1)比晶体相的迁移率值(10â4 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1)高一个数量级,比柱状矩形相的迁移率值(10â5 cm2 Vâ1 sâ1)高两个数量级,这表明填料对体积迁移率有很强的依赖性。