Abstract
A rationally designed novel liquid crystalline monomer was synthesized in four steps from 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The cyanobiphenyloxy moiety served as the mesogen with a hexamethylene construct as the flexible tail. Precursors to the monomer exhibited thermotropic liquid crystalline properties. The mesophase range decreased from 1 to 2 to 3. Optical polarized light microscopic investigations revealed the presence of both smectic C and nematic mesophases for each compound. Liquid crystalline monomer 3 underwent thermal cationic polymerization in solution.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 447-448 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Aug 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Boston Meeting - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Aug 23 1998 → Aug 27 1998 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Polymers and Plastics