The synthesis and thermal behaviour of a new series of side-chain liquid-crystalline polyacrylates 1a-h containing prochiral alkyl sulfide substituents with a variable number n of carbon atoms are described. No liquid-crystalline behaviour was exhibited in the melt by the relevant monomers and intermediate compounds. In contrast, all polymers displayed thermotropic properties. The lower homologues 1a-f(n less than or equal to 6) displayed smectic B1 and smectic A1 mesophases, while the higher homologue 1h (n = 10) formed a bilayer, partly interdigitated smectic C mesophase. A special position was held by 1g with a sulfide substituent of intermediate length (n = 8), for which monolayer and bilayer smectic mesophases coexisted over a wide temperature range.

Synthesis and liquid-crystalline properties of polyacrylates containing prochiral sulfide substituents / M., Laus; A. S., Angeloni; G., Galli; E., Chiellini; Francescangeli, Oriano; B., Yang. - In: POLYMER. - ISSN 0032-3861. - 36 (6):(1995), pp. 1261-1268. [10.1016/0032-3861(95)93929-G]

Synthesis and liquid-crystalline properties of polyacrylates containing prochiral sulfide substituents

FRANCESCANGELI, ORIANO;
1995-01-01

Abstract

The synthesis and thermal behaviour of a new series of side-chain liquid-crystalline polyacrylates 1a-h containing prochiral alkyl sulfide substituents with a variable number n of carbon atoms are described. No liquid-crystalline behaviour was exhibited in the melt by the relevant monomers and intermediate compounds. In contrast, all polymers displayed thermotropic properties. The lower homologues 1a-f(n less than or equal to 6) displayed smectic B1 and smectic A1 mesophases, while the higher homologue 1h (n = 10) formed a bilayer, partly interdigitated smectic C mesophase. A special position was held by 1g with a sulfide substituent of intermediate length (n = 8), for which monolayer and bilayer smectic mesophases coexisted over a wide temperature range.
1995
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