Liquid Crystalline Polymers Containing Heterocycloalkane Mesogens, Biphasic Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes Containing Trans 5-n-undecanyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-Dioxane Side Groups.
Abstract
Polysiloxanes and copolysiloxanes containing the trans 5-(n-undecanyl)-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane side group as mesogen were synthesized. Their phase behavior was studied by differential scanning calorimetry and optical polarization microscopy. Homopolymers containing the mesogen and a copolymer containing 33% of the mesogen showed smectic mesomorphism. The copolymers containing the mesogen showed two well defined Tg and thus present strong evidence for a phase separated morphology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA183732
Entities
People
- Chain S. Hsu
- Virgil Percec
Organizations
- Case Western Reserve University