含X-型二维液晶基元和反式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4-′(α,ω己二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-二(对辛氧基苯甲酰氧基)氢醌(M2)和反式4,4′-双(4羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列含X型二维液晶基元和反式4,4′双(4羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0.37～0.25dL g之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV、H NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相的镶嵌织构或焦锥织构或破扇型织构和向列相的球粒织构或丝状织构或纹影织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中反式4,4′双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并18冠6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4'-(α,ω-辛二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-双[4-'(对癸氧基苯基)苯甲酰氧基]对苯二酚(M2)和顺式-4,4'-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列新的含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4'-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的主链犁液晶共聚酯.单体1(M1)由对羟基苯甲酸和辛二酰氯,通过酯化和取代反应制备,单体2(M2)由2,5-二羟基苯醌和对癸氧基苯基苯甲酰氯通过酯化和还原反应制备,单体3(M3)由顺式-二氨基二苯并-18-冠-6和苯酚通过重氮化和偶联反应制备.共聚酯的分子量小高,[η]在0.30～0.39之间.单体的化学结构通过 IR、UV、1H-NMR、MS 和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除共聚酯 CP9 外,室温下不溶于 CHCl3 和 THF 溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用 GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD 和 POM 等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相和向列相的典型织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(T1)随共聚酯分子中顺式-4,4'-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD 研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4-′(α,ω-辛二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-双[4-′(对癸氧基苯基)苯甲酰氧基]对苯二酚(M2)和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列新的含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.单体1(M1)由对羟基苯甲酸和辛二酰氯,通过酯化和取代反应制备,单体2(M2)由2,5-二羟基苯醌和对癸氧基苯基苯甲酰氯通过酯化和还原反应制备,单体3(M3)由顺式-二氨基二苯并-18-冠-6和苯酚通过重氮化和偶联反应制备.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0.30~0.39之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV1、H-NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除共聚酯CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究,发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相和向列相的典型织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和反式-4,4''''-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4＇-（α,ω-己二酰氧）二苯甲酰氯（M1）、2,5-二（对辛氧基苯甲酰氧基）氢醌（M2）和反式-4,4＇-双（4-羟基苯基偶氮）二苯并-18-冠-6（M3）为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列含X-型二维液晶基元和反式-4,4＇-双（4-羟基苯基偶氮）二苯并-18-冠-6冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0.37～0.25 dL/g之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV、H-NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到近晶相的镶嵌织构或焦锥织构或破扇型织构和向列相的球粒织构或丝状织构或纹影织构.共聚酯的熔融温度（Tm）和各向同性温度（Ti）随共聚酯分子中反式-4,4＇-双（4-羟基苯基偶氮）二苯并-18-冠-6用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

基于原子转移自由基聚合技术的偶氮苯星形液晶聚合物的合成与表征

利用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)技术合成了含不同端基取代基的偶氮苯三臂星形侧链液晶聚合物. 均苯三酚与2-溴异丁酰溴通过酯化反应制备三官能团引发剂, 引发偶氮苯单体6-[4-(4-甲氧基苯基偶氮)酚氧基]己基甲基丙烯酸酯(MMAzo)或6-[4-(4-乙氧基苯基偶氮)酚氧基]己基甲基丙烯酸酯(EMAzo)的ATRP反应. 利用核磁共振氢谱(¹H NMR)、凝胶色谱(GPC)、差示扫描量热法(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)等手段对星形聚合物进行表征. 星形聚合物的液晶性与相应均聚物相似, 但偶氮苯端基取代基的不同导致星形聚合物的液晶性差别显著. 在紫外/可见光照射下星形聚合物呈现明显的异构化转变.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和冠醚环的液晶共聚酯的研究

合成了一系列新的含X-型二维液晶基元和反式-4,4'-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯. 通过GPC, [η], DSC, TG, WAXD和POM对其液晶性研究发现, 所有的共聚酯都呈现出向列相的丝状织构或纹影织构. 共聚酯的熔融温度(T_m)和各向同性温度(T_i)随共聚酯分子中反式-4,4'-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4用量的改变呈规律性变化.     

新型弯曲形双偶氮苯类液晶合成及光致异构性能研究

弯曲形偶氮苯液晶由于其偶氮键独特的光致可逆异构化性能,已成为光电子信息材料研究的热门课题,但光响应速度慢已成为制约其发展的关键因素.目前报道的弯曲型偶氮类液晶化合物的偶氮键都距离中心核较远的位置,光致异构的响应时间较长,大都在分钟以上,不利于光敏器件应用研究.本工作试图以2-甲基-1,3-间苯二胺为中心核,将偶氮键紧挨中心核两边,末端为直链烷基,设计合成了一系列新型弯曲形双偶氮苯类液晶化合物,以期缩短光响应时间.通过IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR和ICP-MS光谱鉴定这些化合物的分子结构,经差示扫描量热仪(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)测定其液晶相变温度和相态织构;并通过测定2-甲基-1,3-双(4-((4-庚基苯基)酯基)-1-(E)-偶氮苯基)苯(2c)的紫外-可见光的吸收光谱研究其光致异构化性能,通过UV-Vis光谱仪和偏光显微镜(POM)测定其液晶化合物以及掺杂向列相液晶材料的光致异构现象和响应时间.实验结果表明,所有设计合成的弯曲形双偶氮苯类液晶化合物均具有近晶相相态,且相态温度范围较宽,当近晶相态化合物2c掺杂到向列相混合液晶中时,其光致异构响应时间为2~3 s,在日光下液晶态恢复时间为3~4s,在乙酸乙酯稀溶液中时10s可达到光稳态.说明这类弯曲形双偶氮液晶化合物具有较快的光致异构响应速度.     

一类含萘环结构的聚酯酰亚胺液晶聚合物的结构与性能研究

利用Higashi芳香聚酯直接缩聚法的原理,采用分步投料的方法,以N,N′-1,6-亚己基-双苯偏三酸酰亚胺二酸(IA6)、6-羟基-乙-萘甲酸(HNA)和4,4′-二羟基二苯酮(DHBP)为单体原料,合成了一系列聚酯酰亚胺共聚物.用核磁共振(NMR)、差热分析(DSC)、偏光显微镜(PLM)、广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、热重分析(TGA)等手段对所合成的聚酯酰亚胺的液晶行为、结构以及热性能进行了表征.研究结果表明,当HNA投料量占单体总投料量高于33mol%时,所得聚合物均呈明显的向列型热致液晶特性.但是,此类液晶聚合物仅在升温过程中出现液晶的相转变,而在降温过程中并未观察到液晶的相转变行为.由DSC结果分析可知,此类聚合物具有较高的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)和较低的熔融温度(Tm),有望成为一类既具有较低加工温度又有较高使用温度的液晶聚合物材料.     

含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4冠醚环液晶共聚酯的合成与表征

以4,4′-(α,ω-辛二酰氧)二苯甲酰氯(M1)、2,5-二(对十二烷氧基苯甲酰氧基)对苯二酚(M2)和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4(M3)为单体,通过溶液共缩聚反应,合成了一系列含X-型二维液晶基元和顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4冠醚环的主链型液晶共聚酯.单体1(M1)由对羟基苯甲酸和辛二酰氯,通过酯化和取代反应制备,单体2(M2)由2,5-二羟基苯醌和对十二烷氧基苯甲酰氯通过酯化和还原反应制备,单体3(M3)由顺式-二氨基二苯并-14-冠-4和苯酚通过重氮化和偶联反应制备.共聚酯的分子量不高,[η]在0·35~0·25dL/g之间.单体的化学结构通过IR、UV、1H-NMR、MS和元素分析等方法确证.共聚酯的外观为黄色粉状固体,除CP9外,室温下不溶于CHCl3和THF溶剂.共聚酯的性质采用GPC、[η]、DSC、TG、WAXD和POM等方法进行了研究.发现所有的共聚酯加热到各自的熔融温度以上都能形成液晶态,在液晶态可以观察到向列相的丝状织构或纹影织构.共聚酯的熔融温度(Tm)和各向同性温度(Ti)随共聚酯分子中顺式-4,4′-双(4-羟基苯基偶氮)二苯并-14-冠-4用量的改变呈规律性变化.WAXD研究进一步证实了共聚酯的液晶性.     

一种侧链含偶氮基团共聚物的合成及其多层膜的制备与表征

环氧氯丙烷与4,4′-二羟基偶氮苯(AZO)经缩聚反应合成了预聚物DGAZO(聚4,4′-二缩水甘油醚偶氮苯); DGAZO通过开环加成反应与PEI(枝化聚乙烯亚胺)连接制得侧链含偶氮基团的共聚物DGAZO-co-PEI(聚4,4′-二缩水甘油醚偶氮苯-co-聚乙烯亚胺),其结构经UV,IR和荧光光谱表征.DGAZO-...     

Selectivity and thermodynamics of the dissolution of structural isomers in the stationary phases based on nematic 4-ethyloxy-4′-(ω-hydroxyalkoxy)azo- and azoxybenzenes

Gas chromatography was used to study of the retention of xylene, methylanisole, and lutidine on stationary phases based on nematic 4-ehtyloxy-4′-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)azobenzene, 4-ethyloxy-4′(3-hydroxypropyloxy)azobenzene, and 4-ethyloxy-4′-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)azobenzene. A thermodynamic explanation of the structural selectivity of the liquid-crystalline phases of the considered compounds is proposed.     

低分子量结晶性丙交酯/乙交酯与己内酯/乙交酯共聚物热转变温度的组成与分子量依赖性

以1,4-丁二醇为引发剂、辛酸亚锡为催化剂,通过L-丙交酯(LLA)、乙交酯(GA)、ε-己内酯(CL)的开环共聚,制得了低分子量的端羟基结晶性LLA/GA共聚物(PLLGA)和CL/GA共聚物(PCG),分别以FTIR1、H-NMR、GPC、DSC对其微结构和热转变温度进行了表征,重点考察了其热转变温度的组成、分子量依赖性.结果表明,利用辛酸亚锡/二元醇引发开环聚合,通过改变单体配比和单体/引发剂配比,可方便地调控共聚物的组成和分子量;通过改变共聚物的组成和分子量,可在较宽的范围内调节共聚物的热转变温度,并得到了玻璃化温度和熔点与组成、分子量之间定量的经验关系式.     

Influence of dimerization on the nematic-isotropic phase transition in strongly polar liquid crystals

A molecular theory of the nematic-isotropic phase transition is developed for the fluid composed of rod-like particles with large longitudinal dipoles. The equilibrium between the monomers and dimers with antiparallel dipoles is explicitly taken into account and the concentration of dimers is determined self-consistently together with the nematic order parameters. We show that for small central dipole moments the nematic-isotropic transition temperature increases with the increasing dipole. This is in accordance with the results of previous approaches. By contrast, for large values of the dipole the transition temperature decreases due to the growing concentration of dimers. This result enables one to explain the results of recent computer simulations that reveal a destabilization of the nematic phase in a system of hard rods with large central longitudinal dipoles. The temperature variation of the concentration of dimers is also analysed and the sign of the concentration discontinuity at the transition point is correlated with the qualitative influence of dimers on the transition temperature.     

Thermorheological Simplicity and Fragility of Azobenzene Nematogenic Side-Chain Polymers

Summary: The linear viscoelastic response of polymers from a nematogenic azobenzene methacrylate and its copolymers with nonmesogenic methyl methacrylate was studied. These samples showed thermorheological simplicity in the whole investigated temperature range, even across the nematic-isotropic transition. The temperature dependence of the zero-shear viscosity confirmed a thermorheologically simple behavior, which allowed interpretation of η(T) in the framework of free-volume theory. The way the relaxation mechanisms tended to their asymptotic behavior was described in terms of fragility parameters, and a comparison of fragilities of the samples was carried out. The analysis of fragility and temperature dependence of viscosity provided better understanding of the way the architecture of these nematic polymers influences free-volume quantities and determines relaxation mechanisms.     

Viscoelastic and photoresponsive properties of microparticle/liquid-crystal composite gels: tunable mechanical strength along with rapid-recovery nature and photochemical surface healing using an azobenzene dopant

We investigated viscoelastic and photoresponsive properties of the microparticle/liquid-crystal (LC) composite gels. The mechanical strength of the colloidal gels can be widely tuned by varying particle concentrations. With increasing particle concentration, a storage modulus of the particle/LC composite gels increased and reached over 10(4) Pa, showing good self-supporting ability. We demonstrated for the first time that the particle/LC composite gels exhibited rapid and repetitive recovery of the mechanical strength after large-amplitude oscillatory breakdown. In addition, photoresponsive properties of the composite gels were investigated by the cis-trans photoisomerization of the azobenzene compound doped into the host LCs. The photochemical gel-sol transition could be repeatedly induced by changing the phase structure of the host LCs between nematic and isotropic, using the photoisomerization. The particle/LC composite gels can be applied to optically healable materials by the site-selective gel-sol transition based on the photochemical modulation of the phase structures of the host LCs.     

The effect of light penetration depth on the LCST phase behavior of a thermo‐ and photoresponsive statistical copolymer in an ionic liquid

A reflection cloud point technique allows for rapid screening of light‐dependent phase separation temperatures of thermo‐ and photoresponsive polymer/ionic liquid solutions as a function of sample thickness, molecular weight, and copolymer composition. We systematically investigate the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behavior of poly(benzyl methacrylate‐stat‐(4‐phenylazophenyl methacrylate)). Under UV light, the photoresponsive azobenzene‐based repeat unit becomes more polar as the cis form dominates, increasing its solubility in the ionic liquids 1‐ethyl‐3‐methyl imidazolium and 1‐butyl‐3‐methyl imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide. This light‐dependent polarity change leads to two phase separation temperatures, depending on the illumination wavelength. Under visible light, which drives the azobenzene moiety into the trans ground state, the LCST shows no sample thickness dependence. Under UV light, however, sample thickness plays a significant role. Samples of around 1 mm thickness show no apparent difference under UV and visible light, whereas thinner samples show an increasing difference between the phase separation temperatures with decreasing sample thickness. Neither phase separation temperature exhibits a significant dependence on molecular weight. Increasing the photoresponsive monomer content did not lead to an increase in the difference between the phase separation temperatures at fixed thickness, due to a concomitant increase in UV light absorbed at the sample surface. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019 , 57, 281–287     

Photo-responsive behavior of a monolayer composed of an azobenzene containing polypeptide in the main chain

A photoresponsive polypeptide, two -helical poly(-methyl L-glutamate)s joined with an azobenzene (MAzoM,Mn=11000), have been prepared. Monolayers of the polypeptide were formed at air-water interface and the photoresponsive behavior of the monolayer obtained was investigated. A trans to cis photo-isomerization of the azobenzene moiety in the main chain of MAzoM induced by UV light irradiation resulted in a bending structure formation in the main chain of the polypeptide via photo-induced changes in the geometry of the azobenzene chromophore. As a result, the limiting area per molecule of the MAzoM monolayer was decreased. Based on the degree of the decrease in the limiting area per molecule, it was estimated that the bending angle between the two -helical rods of MAzoM molecule under UV light irradiation was ca. 140°. The photo-responsive behavior of the MAzoM monolayer was reversible and consisted along with the photo-isomerization of azobenzene moiety.     

Photoinduced liquid crystal blue phase by bent-shaped cis isomer of the azobenzene doped in chiral nematic liquid crystal

A photoresponsive azobenzene molecule DCAZO2 with two cholesteryl groups linked to both sides of the azobenzene group is doped in a mixture of nematic liquid crystal E7 and chiral dopant S811 (61.9 wt% E7, 36.1 wt% S811 and 2.0 wt% DCAZO2). Cooled from isotropic phase to 33.0°C, chiral nematic liquid crystal (N*LC) was formed in the sample and then the temperature was kept unchanged at 33.0°C. UV light irradiation induces the trans–cis photoisomerisation and thus an obvious phase transition. When the azobenzene groups isomerise to a cis-saturated state, the UV light was turned off and the white light was turned on at the same time. The bent-shaped cis isomer then turns back to the planar trans isomer gradually. A blue–green platelet texture representing cubic blue phase (BP) was observed and the size of the platelets was increased along with the cis–trans isomerisation. UV–vis absorption spectra indicate that the photoinduced BP exists when the isomerisation degree is between 79% and 18%, and further cis–trans isomerisation change BP back into N*LC. The large geometric structure of the cholesteryl groups and the large bent angle θ of the cis isomer are supposed to be responsible for the interesting result.     

Tailoring the liquid crystalline property via controlling the generation of dendronized polymers containing azobenzene mesogen

The first‐ and second‐generation dendronized polymers containing azobenzene mesogen were designed and successfully synthesized via free radical polymerization. The chemical structures of the monomers were confirmed by elemental analysis, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR. The molecular characterizations of the polymers were performed with ¹H NMR and gel permeation chromatography. The phase structures and transition behaviors were studied using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized light microscopy, and small‐angle X‐ray scatter experiments. The experiment results revealed that the first‐generation dendronized polymer exhibited liquid crystalline behavior of the conventional side‐chain liquid crystalline polymer with azobenzene mesogen, that is, the polymer exhibited smectic phase structure at lower temperature and nematic phase structure at higher temperature. However, the second‐generation dendronized polymers exhibited more versatile intriguing liquid crystalline structures, namely smectic phase structure at lower temperature and columnar nematic phase structure at higher temperature, and moreover, the phase structure still remained before the decomposition temperature. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 1149–1159, 2010     

Crystal–nematic phase separation in an asymmetric liquid crystal dimer possessing a terminal hydroxyl group

We prepared an asymmetric liquid crystal dimer possessing a terminal hydroxyl group, 2-{4-{7-[4-(4-cyanophenyl)phenyloxy]heptyloxy}phenyl}-5-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)pyrimidine, and investigated the phase transition behaviour using polarising optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The compound exhibited an enantiotropic nematic phase. On cooling, two distinct domains were formed during the nematic-to-crystal phase transition. During heating, one domain melted at 126.4°C to the N phase, whereas the other domain changed to the N phase at 144.6°C. Therefore, the crystal and nematic phases coexisted at a temperature of 18.2 K. The coexistence behaviour characteristics depend on the cooling rate. We discuss the manner in which intermolecular interactions affect the phase transition behaviour.