Synthesis and characterization of novel mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline miktoarm star rod-coil block copolymer

  • Jianfang Chen
  • , Xingzhu Wang
  • , Xiaojuan Liao
  • , Hailiang Zhang*
  • , Xiayu Wang
  • , Qifeng Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A series of novel mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal miktoarm star rod-coil block copolymers were synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Their architectures {coil conformation of styrene segment and rigid rod conformation of {2,5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyljstyrene) (MFCS) segment} were confirmed by OPC, 1H NMR, and MALDI-TOF studies. The liquid crystalline behaviors of the synthesized copolymers are evidenced from POM observation. The liquid crystalline phase depends on the molecular weights of the rigid rod arm of miktoarm star copolymers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-56
Number of pages6
JournalMacromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jan 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
  • Mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymer
  • Miktoarm star copolymer
  • Rod-coil block copolymer

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