申请人:Sagami Chemical Research Center
公开号:US05554706A1
公开(公告)日:1996-09-10
The present invention relates to a copolymer consisting of a polyacrylate type backbone having mesogenic groups in the side chains, which comprises an acrylate type repeating unit (I) wherein a mesogenic group is bonded by an ester linkage via an alkylene chain, and an acrylate type repeating unit (II) wherein a mesogenic group is bonded by an ester linkage via an alkylene chain containing a siloxane bond; the molar ratio of the repeating unit of the formula (I) to the repeating unit of the formula (II) ranging from 95/5 to 20/80 and the number average molecular weight being at least 1,000. The copolymer of the present invention exhibits liquid crystallinity at a relatively low temperature, i.e., around a room temperature. Accordingly, the polymer is useful for a display material of a large area, a light-shuttering material and a light-controlling glass material.
本发明涉及一种共聚物,其由具有侧链中向列相基团的聚丙烯酸酯型主链组成,包括一个丙烯酸酯型重复单元(I),其中通过烷基链通过酯键连接一个向列相基团,以及一个丙烯酸酯型重复单元(II),其中通过含有硅氧烷键的烷基链通过酯键连接一个向列相基团;公式(I)的重复单元与公式(II)的重复单元的摩尔比范围为95/5至20/80,且其数量平均分子量至少为1,000。本发明的共聚物在相对较低的温度下即表现出液晶性,即大约在室温下。因此,该聚合物可用于大面积的显示材料、光遮蔽材料和光控制玻璃材料。