Polyphilic Multicomponent Dimers with Perfluorinated Cores
摘要:
The linking of segments, which have a tendency to phase separate at suitable temperatures, by covalent bonding has been employed in the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrids. This approach can be utilised to tailor the stability range and the properties (eg viscosity) of liquid crystal materials. Research. into such materials has focused strongly on the combination of calamitic moieties and silicones, however the introduction of a third phase separating segment, of which perfluorinated carbon chains are a good example, is an attractive area of research. In this paper we will report the synthesis and characterisation of materials incorporating a range of calamitic mesogens. These are attached either terminally or laterally to flexible linear chains containing alkyl and siloxane units fused to a central perfluorinated chain. The phase behaviour of the investigated materials is characterised by nematic and smectic phases with transition temperatures close to ambient. The size of the different linear units was varied systematically in order to investigate their contribution to the mesomorphic phase behaviour. The liquid-crystalline properties, investigated by optical polarising microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction will be discussed.
“Janus” Supermolecular Liquid Crystals—Giant Molecules with Hemispherical Architectures
作者:Isabel M. Saez、John W. Goodby
DOI:10.1002/chem.200305100
日期:2003.10.17
the design of self-assembling functional liquidcrystals as segmented or "Janus" liquid-crystalline supermolecular materials in the form of structures that contain two different types of mesogenic units, which favour different types of mesophase structure, grafted onto the same star-shaped scaffold to create supermolecules that contain different hemispheres. The materials exhibit chiral nematic and
The invention relates to novel photochromic liquid crystal materials which may be used in various electro-optic devices including liquid crystal devices. The materials can be converted into another form on irradiation by light which may make it feasible for them to be addressed by light in electro-optic devices. The materials are based on 5-membered heterocycles.
The invention relates to novel photochromic liquid crystal materials which may be used in various electro-optic devices including liquid crystal devices. The materials can be converted into another form on irradiation by light which may make it feasible for them to be addressed by light in electro-optic devices. The materials are based on 5-membered heterocycles.
Polyphilic Multicomponent Dimers with Perfluorinated Cores
作者:K. J. Shepperson、T. Meyer、G. H. Mehl
DOI:10.1080/15421400490435026
日期:2004.1
The linking of segments, which have a tendency to phase separate at suitable temperatures, by covalent bonding has been employed in the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrids. This approach can be utilised to tailor the stability range and the properties (eg viscosity) of liquid crystal materials. Research. into such materials has focused strongly on the combination of calamitic moieties and silicones, however the introduction of a third phase separating segment, of which perfluorinated carbon chains are a good example, is an attractive area of research. In this paper we will report the synthesis and characterisation of materials incorporating a range of calamitic mesogens. These are attached either terminally or laterally to flexible linear chains containing alkyl and siloxane units fused to a central perfluorinated chain. The phase behaviour of the investigated materials is characterised by nematic and smectic phases with transition temperatures close to ambient. The size of the different linear units was varied systematically in order to investigate their contribution to the mesomorphic phase behaviour. The liquid-crystalline properties, investigated by optical polarising microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction will be discussed.
Effect of Mesophase Order on the Dynamics of Side Group Liquid Crystalline Polymers
作者:Maria L. Auad、Michael D. Kempe、Julia A. Kornfield、Stanley Rendon、Wesley R. Burghardt、Kyunghwan Yoon
DOI:10.1021/ma050551f
日期:2005.8.1
Rheology and X-ray scattering were employed to probe the viscoclastic properties and structural transitions of model cyano-biphenyl-based side-group liquid-crystalline polymers (SGLCPs) with molecular weights ranging from 91 to 1900 kg/mol. Temperature-dependent rheological data show a rapid change in dynamics over a small temperature range. Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals these changes to be associated with an isotropic to smectic transition with an appreciable biphasic region, The presence of a biphasic region is attributed to inhomogeneity in chain structure resulting from incomplete attachment of mesogens to every monomeric unit in the SGLCP polymer. While isotropic and smectic phase data may be separately time-temperature shifted to create master curves for the individual phases, we argue against attempts to achieve superposition between the two phases in the high-frequency regime, since smectic ordering may not simply slow the dynamics but also increase the modulus of the sample. Molecular weight has a strong influence on rheology in the isotropic phase, where an entanglement plateau emerges; however, the smectic-phase rheology is dominated by the layer structure and is fairly insensitive to molecular weight.