摘要:
Two series of fluorinated Schiff's base esters have been synthesized and characterized. Their chemical structures were identified by FTIR, 1H NMR, and elemental analysis (EA). Their mesomorphic properties were studied by polarizing optical, microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). It was found that most of the compounds with alkyl end group exhibited enantiotropic smectic A and nematic phase; while that with alkoxyl behaved differently, some exhibited enantiotropic smectic A and nematic phase; others exhibited monotropic smectic A and enantiotropic nematic phase or unique enantiotropic nematic phase. And for both series, their melting point and clearing point temperature decreased and thermal ranges of mesophase increased with the length of their end groups (n). Furthermore, it was also found that the increase of n was propitious to the stability of smectic phase but went against for that of nematic.