Hierarchical self-assembly, photo-responsive phase behavior and variable tensile property of azobenzene-containing ABA triblock copolymers

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 4030-4040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zai-Zai Tong ◽  
Jin-Qiao Xue ◽  
Rui-Yang Wang ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Jun-Ting Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Tensile Property ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Butyl Acrylate ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Hexyl Methacrylate

A series of triblock copolymers with liquid crystalline (LC) poly{6-[4-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate} (PMMAZO) as the end blocks and rubbery poly(n-butyl acrylate) (PnBA) as the midblock were synthesized.

scholarly journals The Effects of Size and Shape Dispersity on the Phase Behavior of Nanomesogen Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
Fatima Hamade ◽  
Sadat Kamal Amit ◽  
Mackenzie B. Woods ◽  
Virginia A. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Crystalline Phases ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Phases ◽  
Complex Architectures ◽  
Anisotropic Nanomaterials ◽  
New Applications

Self-assembly of anisotropic nanomaterials into fluids is a key step in producing bulk, solid materials with controlled architecture and properties. In particular, the ordering of anisotropic nanomaterials in lyotropic liquid crystalline phases facilitates the production of films, fibers, and devices with anisotropic mechanical, thermal, electrical, and photonic properties. While often considered a new area of research, experimental and theoretical studies of nanoscale mesogens date back to the 1920s. Through modern computational, synthesis, and characterization tools, there are new opportunities to design liquid crystalline phases to achieve complex architectures and enable new applications in opto-electronics, multifunctional textiles, and conductive films. This review article provides a brief review of the liquid crystal phase behavior of one dimensional nanocylinders and two dimensional nanoplatelets, a discussion of investigations on the effects of size and shape dispersity on phase behavior, and outlook for exploiting size and shape dispersity in designing materials with controlled architectures.

scholarly journals Synthesis and Phase Behavior of New Amphiphilic PEG-Based Triblock Copolymers as Gelling Agents for Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Phases

1998 ◽  
Vol 31 (24) ◽  
pp. 8503-8508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelle L. Slack ◽  
Mathias Schellhorn ◽  
Petra Eiselt ◽  
Michael A. Chibbaro ◽  
Uwe Schulze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Crystalline Phases ◽  
Gelling Agents ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Phases

ABA type liquid crystalline triblock copolymers by combination of living cationic polymerizaition and ATRP: synthesis and self-assembly

Soft Matter ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long-Cheng Gao ◽  
Cheng-Long Zhang ◽  
Xun Liu ◽  
Xing-He Fan ◽  
Yi-Xian Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Triblock Copolymers

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of liquid crystalline ABC triblock copolymers with long solvophilic chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (28) ◽  
pp. 3944-3951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Huo ◽  
Zhengyi Wan ◽  
Min Zeng ◽  
Yen Wei ◽  
Jinying Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
The Self ◽  
Abc Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Assembly Behavior

Polymerization-induced self-assembly was exploited to investigate the self-assembly behavior of liquid crystalline triblock copolymers with long solvophilic chains.

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