On the structure and the chain conformation of side-chain liquid crystal polymers
On the structure and the chain conformation of side-chain liquid crystal polymers
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侧链液晶聚合物的结构和链构象
DOI:
10.1080/02678299508036602
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
J. Cotton
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作者:
L. Noirez;P. Keller;J. Cotton
Abstract Backbone anisotropy and the structure of the mesophases of a series of side-chain liquid crystal polymers have been studied in the bulk by neutron scattering. The backbone conformation is obtained by small-angle neutron scattering on mixtures of hydrogenous polymers with deuteriated backbones. The components of the radius of gyration parallel, R ⊥ and perpendicular, R ∥ to the magnetic field are determined as a function of temperature for both the nematic phase and the smectic phase. It is shown that the polymer backbone is deformed in both phases. When the polymer exhibits only a nematic phase, it adopts a prolate conformation, where the average backbone direction is more or less parallel to the aligned mesogenic groups. Upon transition from the smectic phase to a nematic phase, the backbone in the nematic phase assumes a slightly oblate shape. This tendency towards oblate shape is due to the smectic fluctuations which are always present in such nematic phases. The exentricity of the oblate back...