scholarly journals Synthesis and Properties of an N-Substituted Polypyrrole with Liquid Crystalline Moieties

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
Moayad Almasri ◽  
Peter J. S. Foot ◽  
John W. Brown ◽  
Jacqueline A. Clipson
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Semiconducting Polymer ◽  
Flexible Spacer ◽  
Soluble Liquid ◽  
P Type ◽  
New Compounds

The synthesis and characterisation of two pyrrole monomers substituted at the N-position with a liquid crystal group are reported. Polymerisation of one of these compounds produced a soluble liquid crystalline semiconducting polymer. The side-chain of the polymer had a flexible spacer of nine methylene units, terminated by a mesogenic cyanobiphenyl group. The new compounds were chemically characterised and were found by hot-stage polarised optical microscopy to exhibit liquid crystal mesophases. The polymer was lightly doped p-type by exposure to iodine vapour, and its electrical conductivity was measured. The polymer synthesis and doping/dedoping processes were also briefly studied by cyclic voltammetry.

scholarly journals Engineering Achiral Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Chiral Self-Recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 11980
Author(s):  
Tengfei Miao ◽  
Xiaoxiao Cheng ◽  
Yilin Qian ◽  
Yaling Zhuang ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Helical Structure ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymers ◽  
Polymeric Liquid ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Liquid Crystal System ◽  
And Storage

Flexible construction of permanently stored supramolecular chirality with stimulus-responsiveness remains a big challenge. Herein, we describe an efficient method to realize the transfer and storage of chirality in intrinsically achiral films of a side-chain polymeric liquid crystal system by combining chiral doping and cross-linking strategy. Even the helical structure was destroyed by UV light irradiation, the memorized chiral information in the covalent network enabled complete self-recovery of the original chiral superstructure. These results allowed the building of a novel chiroptical switch without any additional chiral source in multiple types of liquid crystal polymers, which may be one of the competitive candidates for use in stimulus-responsive chiro-optical devices.

Annealing effects on the electrical conductivity of polymerized liquid crystalline 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene derivatives

e-Polymers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelle Wrubbel ◽  
Helmut Ritter ◽  
Knud Reuter ◽  
Alexander Karbach ◽  
Doris Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Annealing Effects

Abstract3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene derivatives with aromatic, in most cases mesogenic, side groups were synthesized and their liquid crystal behaviour was characterized. These monomers were polymerized oxidatively to charged, electrically conductive polythiophenes. X-ray and atomic force microscopy studies were performed. Films of theses polythiophenes achieved via in situ polymerization were prone to a significant increase of the conductivity by annealing.

scholarly journals Polysiloxane-Based Side Chain Liquid Crystal Polymers: From Synthesis to Structure–Phase Transition Behavior Relationships

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanying Zhang ◽  
Wenhuan Yao ◽  
Yanzi Gao ◽  
Cuihong Zhang ◽  
Huai Yang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Molecular Design ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymers ◽  
Thermal Stabilities ◽  
Structure Phase Transition

Organosilicon polymer materials play an important role in certain applications due to characteristics of much lower glass transition temperatures (Tg), viscosities, surface energy, as well as good mechanical, thermal stabilities, and insulation performance stemming from the higher bond energy and the larger bond angles of the adjacent silicon-oxygen bond. This critical review highlights developments in the synthesis, structure, and phase transition behaviors of polysiloxane-based side chain liquid crystal polymers (PSCLCPs) of linear and cyclic polysiloxanes containing homopolymers and copolymers. Detailed synthetic strategies are elaborated, and the relationship between molecular structures and liquid crystalline phase transition behaviors is systematically discussed, providing theoretical guidance on the molecular design of the materials.

SIDE CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS FOR QUADRATIC NONLINEAR OPTICS

1996 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 735-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. GONIN ◽  
B. GUICHARD ◽  
M.C.J. LARGE ◽  
T. DANTAS DE MORAIS ◽  
C. NOËL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Statistical Models ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymers ◽  
Mesogenic Group ◽  
Liquid Crystallinity ◽  
Polar Order

In this paper we consider the behavior of a number of side chain liquid crystal polymers having the same mesogenic group and relate their liquid crystalline behavior to their polarization and nonlinear optical properties. We show that the liquid crystallinity of the materials results in an enhancement of the polar order over that of isotropic materials, in qualitative agreement with molecular statistical models.

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