Liquid Crystallinity and Other Properties in Complexes of Cationic Azo-Containing Surfactomesogens with Poly(styrenesulfonate)
Liquid Crystallinity and Other Properties in Complexes of Cationic Azo-Containing Surfactomesogens with Poly(styrenesulfonate)
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DOI:
10.1021/ma9002566
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发表时间:
2009-06
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Qian Zhang;C. Bazuin
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作者:
Qian Zhang;C. Bazuin
A series of stoichiometric ionically bonded side-chain polymer complexes, constructed from poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and quaternary ammonium-functionalized azo-containing surfactomesogens (SMs) with hexyl and decyl spacers, were prepared under rigorous conditions and thoroughly dried, and their potential thermotropic liquid crystal (LC) properties were investigated. The SM series consists of eight differently substituted azobenzene cores with a range of polarities. In their Br-neutralized form, they are generally crystalline to high temperatures (those with an ethylamine linking group having very slow recrystallization kinetics). Only some of the complexes showed LC properties in unannealed form, while several others required exceedingly long annealing times at appropriate temperatures to reveal LC character, attributed to the semirigid PS backbone, relatively high molecular weight, and strong ionic interactions that greatly retard the kinetics of chain reorganization toward equilibrium. Among the decy...