Anionic Polymerization of Macrocyclic α-(Alkoxymethyl)acrylates Leading to Novel Vinyl Polymer with Crown Ether Type Side Chain

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 2432-2434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Habaue ◽  
Masatake Morita ◽  
Yoshio Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Crown Ether ◽  
Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Vinyl Polymer

Side-Chain LC Block Copolymers with Well Defined Structures Prepared by Living Anionic Polymerization. 2: Effect of the Glass Transition Temperature of Amorphous Segments on the Phase Behaviour and Structure of the LC Segment

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Yamada ◽  
Tomomichi Itoh ◽  
Akira Hirao ◽  
Sei-Ichi Nakahama ◽  
Junji Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Domain Size ◽  
Phase Behaviour ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Isotropic Phase ◽  
Transition Temperatures ◽  
Living Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Methyl Styrene

We have prepared two classes of LC diblock copolymers, OcSt-b-LC and MeStb-LC, by living anionic polymerization. These are composed of the side-chain LC polymer as one segment and two different amorphous polymers, poly(octyl styrene) (OcSt) and poly(α-methyl styrene) (MeSt), as the other segment. OcSt and MeSt segments have glass transition temperatures of −60 °C and 160 °C respectively, which are relatively lower and higher than the transition temperatures of crystal–SA (∼90 °C) and SA–isotropic (∼130 °C) in the LC segment. In OcSt-b-LC the lamellar domain size decreases gradually from that of the crystal phase to that of the isotropic phase, indicating that the global conformation of the backbone changes throughout the SA temperature region. In MeSt-b-LC, in contrast, no change in the lamellar size is observed and the crystallinity of the LC segment is reduced in comparison with that in OcSt-b-LC while the liquid crystal is well formed. Such a distinction between two copolymer systems, arising from an interplay between the LC and amorphous segments, shows that the global conformation of the backbone is significant for understanding the phase behaviour and structure of side-chain LC polymers.

Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers With Chiral Smectic C* Mesogens

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Yue Zheng ◽  
Paula T. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Glass Transition Temperatures ◽  
Smectic C

AbstractA new series of side chain liquid crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymers has been successfully synthesized using chiral mesogens. Anionic polymerization techniques have been used to make these monodisperse diblock materials. Preliminary studies suggest that these microphase segregated diblock copolymers exhibit a smectic C* phase. This mesophase exists between and above the glass transition temperatures of the two polymer blocks. Synthesis and characterization of these novel materials are discussed.

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