Introduction of Azobenzenes or Vinyl Groups into Ends of Rodlike Polymers
Introduction of Azobenzenes or Vinyl Groups into Ends of Rodlike Polymers
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将偶氮苯或乙烯基引入棒状聚合物的末端
DOI:
10.1021/ma030166v
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
M. Donkai
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作者:
K. Se;Kouji Aoyama;Junya Aoyama;M. Donkai
Macromolecules can take on some simple shapes, such as coils, spheres, and rods, as well as some simple architectures, such as flexible polymers, star-shaped polymers, 1, 2 hyperbranched polymers, 3 ring polymers, and rodlike polymers. In both the shape and architectural categories, the rodlike polymers are characterized by high asymmetry. 4 Because of this asymmetric shape characteristic, the rodlike polymers have shown some unique physical properties such as liquid crystallinity, 5 anisotropic solution, 6 and dielectric and rheological behaviors. 7, 8 Thus, rodlike polymers might be applied to new polymeric devices. 9-12 However, the self-diffusion coefficients of rodlike polymers, which are fundamental molecular parameters in chain dynamics, could not be determined by a forced Rayleigh scattering technique, although those coefficients of flexible polymers, such as polystyrene, have been reported for more than 15 years. 13 The difficulty arose in the attempt to synthesize dye-labeled rodlike polymers having desired molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions (MWDs).One of the representatives of the rodlike polymers is poly (n-hexyl isocyanate)(PHIC). Living titaniumcatalyzed coordination polymerization of isocyanates has been reported by Novac et al. 14, 15 They prepared welldefined polyisocyanates (PICs) and block copolymers consisting of two different PIC blocks. To stabilize the resultant PIC, Novac et al. end-capped the polymerization using acetic anhydride derivatives, 16 and Hatada et al. did so by using acetyl chloride derivatives. 17 However, after Novac and Hatada reported the endcapping of PIC, the reaction of the living ends with other functional groups has not been studied. Therefore, the present study deals with this coupling reaction, introducing dye compounds into an end of living PHIC in order to employ the resultant dye-labeled PHIC in a forced Rayleigh scattering experiment. PHIC macromonomers might also be prepared using the same synthetic route, which is different from that of an earlier study reported by Novac et al. 18 When PHIC macromonomers are polymerized, star polymers having rod-