화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.237, 223-223, 1993
Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Smectic Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Polysiloxanes Containing 2,5-Disubstituted-1,3-Dioxane Based Mesogenic Side-Groups
The synthesis of three liquid crystalline polysiloxanes containing 4-[(S)-2-methyl-1-butoxycarbonyl]phenyl 4-(trans-5-alkanyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]benzoates side groups is presented. The phase behavior of both monomeric and polymeric liquid crystals was characterized by optical polarizing microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction measurements. The monomer which contains eleven methylene units in the spacers is the only one to exhibit the enantiotropic smectic A and chiral smectic C phases. The polymer containing six methylene units in the spacers presents an enantiotropic smectic A phase while the polymer containing eleven methylene units in the spacers shows an enantiotropic smectic A and a monotropic smectic B phase.