SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW THERMOTROPIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS WITH PAIRED MESOGENS CONTAINING AZOBENZENE UNIT - POLY(MALONIC ESTER)S

被引:18
作者
HAN, YK
KIM, DY
KIM, YH
机构
[1] Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 130-650
关键词
THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MALONIC ESTERS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLY(MALONIC ESTER)S; PAIRED MESOGENS; MONOTROPIC NEMATIC TEXTURE; SPACER LENGTH EFFECT; REVERSIBLE OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; TRANS-CIS PHOTOISOMERIZATION;
D O I
10.1002/pola.1992.080300625
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
New thermotropic liquid crystalline poly(malonic ester)s with two symmetrical mesogenic units (paired mesogens) were prepared by the polycondensation of 1,6-dibromohexane and novel malonic ester compounds with different flexible ethyleneoxy spacer lengths linked to azobenzene group. All the prepared malonic esters and the resulting polymers exhibited monotropic liquid crystallinity with a nematic texture. The length of the spacer had influence on the temperature of phase transition of them. A possibility of application of the prepared polymers to reversible optical information storage media was also identified through a trans-cis isomerization of azobenzene by UV irradiation.
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页码:1177 / 1185
页数:9
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