Kempe, Michael D. and Kornfield, Julia A. and Ober, Christopher K. and Smith, Steven D. (2004) Synthesis and Phase Behavior of Side-Group Liquid Crystalline Polymers in Nematic Solvents. Macromolecules, 37 (10). pp. 3569-3575. ISSN 0024-9297. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170724-112902051
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Abstract
A model system of side-group liquid crystalline polymers (SGLCPs) with systematically varied molecular weight (from 78 to 420 kg/mol; PDI ≤ 1.16) and spacer length (8−12 atoms long) was prepared by polymer analogous synthesis. Matching the structure of the mesogenic units to that of the nematic solvent produced excellent solubility, even at molecular weights an order of magnitude greater than in prior literature on SGLCP solutions. Addition of up to 10 wt % polymer did not affect the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices of the nematic host (4-pentyl-4‘-cyanobiphenyl, 5CB), indicating that the order parameter was not significantly affected by the polymer.
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Additional Information: | © 2004 American Chemical Society. Received 17 June 2003. Published online 15 April 2004. Published in print 1 May 2004. The authors acknowledge financial support from the AFOSR LC-MURI (f4962-97-1-0014) and the ARCS foundation. We thank Abelardo Bourbois for help with the refractive index measurements. | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Synthesis and Phase Behavior of Side-Group Liquid Crystalline Polymers in Nematic Solvents Michael D. Kempe, Julia A. Kornfield, Christopher K. Ober, and Steven D. Smith Macromolecules 2004 37 (10), 3569-3575 DOI: 10.1021/ma0348268 | |||||||||
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