Combined Main-Chain/Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer with Main-Chain On the basis of “Jacketing” Effect and Side-Chain Containing Azobenzene Groups
Combined Main-Chain/Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer with Main-Chain On the basis of “Jacketing” Effect and Side-Chain Containing Azobenzene Groups
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DOI:
10.1021/ma200851v
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发表时间:
2011-09
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
He-Lou Xie;Shao-Jie Wang;G. Zhong;Yi-Xin Liu;Hailiang Zhang;E. Chen
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作者:
He-Lou Xie;Shao-Jie Wang;G. Zhong;Yi-Xin Liu;Hailiang Zhang;E. Chen
Combining the concept of “flexible spacer” which can bring liquid crystalline (LC) properties to the side-chains and the side-group “jacketing” effect which can result in main-chain with rod-like conformation, we have synthesized a new combined main-chain/side-chain LC polymer based on radical polymerization, poly(2,5-bis{[6-(4-methoxy-4′-oxy-azobenzene)hexyl]oxycarbonyl}styrene) (denoted as P1) with two azobenzene groups per repeating unit. The chemical structures of P1 and the corresponding monomer were characterized using various techniques with satisfactory analysis data. The phase structures and transitions of P1 were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscope, and one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) wide-angle X-ray diffraction. We identify that P1 can form a hierarchically ordered structure with double orderings on both the nanometer and subnanometer length scales. Most likely, the thick main-chains of P1 obtained by “jacketing” the central rigid portion of ...