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| Title: |
New liquid crystalline di- and tetra-acrylates for network formation |
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| Appeared in: |
Liquid crystals |
| Paging: | Volume 28 (2001) nr. 11 pages 1611-1621 |
| Year: |
2001-01-01 |
| Contents: |
New liquid crystalline diacrylates and tetra-acrylates containing four to six aromatic rings were synthesized and characterized, and their mesophase behaviour was investigated. They are designed to be used in combination with chiral molecules to form cholesteric mesophases which can be crosslinked by photopolymerization. The acrylates presented exhibit broad mesophase ranges since mesogenic moieties longer than three are employed. Most diacrylates show no isotropization, due to premature thermal polymerization above 180°C. Additionally, liquid crystalline dipropionates were synthesized as reference compounds which cannot be crosslinked, and selected examples of these exhibit isotropization temperatures as high as 238°C prior to thermal degradation. Substituents at the mesogenic moiety have a great influence on the mesophase characteristics. Bulky substituents such as the tert-butyl group, induce a nematic mesophase, whereas compounds with small substituents (e.g. OCH3) or unsubstituted molecules also exhibit smectic phases. Tetra-acrylates with unsubstituted and substituted mesogenic units feature nematic mesophases only as a result of the additional spacers attached. Here isotropization was observed without polymerization at temperatures around 120-160°C. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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