Order-Disorder and Order-Order Transitions in Smectic C* Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers

2001 ◽  
pp. 239-251
Author(s):  
Mitchell Anthamatten ◽  
Paula T. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Smectic C

Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers With Chiral Smectic C* Mesogens

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Yue Zheng ◽  
Paula T. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Glass Transition ◽  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Anionic Polymerization ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Glass Transition Temperatures ◽  
Smectic C

AbstractA new series of side chain liquid crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymers has been successfully synthesized using chiral mesogens. Anionic polymerization techniques have been used to make these monodisperse diblock materials. Preliminary studies suggest that these microphase segregated diblock copolymers exhibit a smectic C* phase. This mesophase exists between and above the glass transition temperatures of the two polymer blocks. Synthesis and characterization of these novel materials are discussed.

Mesogen Orientation within Smectic C* Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers

1998 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 2686-2689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Yue Zheng ◽  
Ramon J. Albalak ◽  
Paula T. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Smectic C

Triply-periodic nanostructures in surfactant, block copolymer, and biomembrane systems, and simulation of TEMs

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 884-885
Author(s):  
David M. Anderson ◽  
Tomas Landh
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
List Type ◽  
Interpenetrating Networks ◽  
Triply Periodic ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Dividing Surface

First discovered in surfactant-water liquid crystalline systems, so-called ‘bicontinuous cubic phases’ have the property that hydropnilic and lipophilic microdomains form interpenetrating networks conforming to cubic lattices on the scale of nanometers. Later these same structures were found in star diblock copolymers, where the simultaneous continuity of elastomeric and glassy domains gives rise to unique physical properties. Today it is well-established that the symmetry and topology of such a morphology are accurately described by one of several triply-periodic minimal surfaces, and that the interface between hydrophilic and hydrophobic, or immiscible polymer, domains is described by a triply-periodic surface of constant, nonzero mean curvature. One example of such a dividing surface is shown in figure 5.The study of these structures has become of increasing importance in the past five years for two reasons:1)Bicontinuous cubic phase liquid crystals are now being polymerized to create microporous materials with monodispersed pores and readily functionalizable porewalls; figure 3 shows a TEM from a polymerized surfactant / methylmethacrylate / water cubic phase; and2)Compelling evidence has been found that these same morphologies describe biomembrane systems in a wide range of cells.

scholarly journals Hexakis(terthiophenylthio)benzene as a Mew Class Liquid Crystalline Molecule

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 596-597
Author(s):  
Shinobu Inoue ◽  
Shoji Nishiguchi ◽  
Satoshi Murakami ◽  
Yoshio Aso ◽  
Tetsuo Otsubo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Nematic Phases

A disk-like molecule, in which six α-linked terthiophenes are connected to a central benzene core via a thioether linkage, shows a sequence of calamitic liquid crystalline mesomorphism involving smectic C, smectic A and nematic phases.

Hemiphasmidic Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer: From Smectic C Phase to Columnar Phase with a Bundle of Chains as Its Building Block

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Feng Zheng ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Xiao-Fang Chen ◽  
Xiang-Kui Ren ◽  
Shuang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Block ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Columnar Phase ◽  
Smectic C

New Architectures for Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers with Chiral Smectic C Mesophases

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1591-1607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coleen Pugh ◽  
Stephen Arehart ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Ramasubramanian Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Crystalline Polymers ◽  
Smectic C

Synthesis of azobenzene-containing side chain liquid crystalline diblock copolymers using RAFT polymerization and photo-responsive behavior

2013 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 2165-2175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wuqiong Sun ◽  
Xiaohua He ◽  
Xiaojuan Liao ◽  
Shaoliang Lin ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Raft Polymerization ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Responsive Behavior
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