標題: Thermal properties and liquid crystallinity of side-chain azobenzene copolymer containing pendant polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxanes
作者: Wang, Xiao-Tao
Yang, Ying-Kui
Yang, Zhi-Fang
Zhou, Xing-Ping
Liao, Yong-Gui
Lv, Chen-Chen
Chang, Feng-Chih
Xie, Xiao-Lin
應用化學系
Department of Applied Chemistry
關鍵字: Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes;Liquid crystalline polymers;Azobenzene
公開日期: 1-Nov-2010
摘要: Vinylated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS-M) was prepared by the reaction of POSS containing amine groups with acrylic acid. Azobenzene liquid crystalline copolymer (LCP-POSS) was then synthesized with 6.0 mol% POSS-M and 94.0 mol% acrylate monomer containing azobenzene liquid crystalline moiety (Azo-M) by free-radical copolymerization. Homopolymer of Azo-M (LCP) was also synthesized under the same conditions. Their thermal properties and liquid crystallinity were characterized by Thermal gravimetric analysis (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments (XRD) and polarized optical micrographs (POM). The results showed that LCP-POSS has higher thermal stability and glass transition temperature than pure LCP due to the incorporation of the rigid cage-like POSS. Especially, LCP-POSS exhibits enantiotropic smectic and nematic liquid crystalline behaviors, its smectic-nematic transition temperature (T (SN)) and nematic-isotropic transition temperature (T (NI)) are higher than those of pure LCP, which may promote and extend its applications on stimuli-responsive materials and devices.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-0772-2
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/32045
ISSN: 1388-6150
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-010-0772-2
期刊: JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume: 102
Issue: 2
起始頁: 739
結束頁: 744
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