Kang, Suk Hoon published the artcilePhotoimaging through in-Situ Photopolymerization of Heterobifunctional Mesogenic Compounds in Liquid Crystalline State, Category: esters-buliding-blocks, the publication is Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) (2007), 40(23), 8349-8354, database is CAplus.
A series of heterobifunctional mesogenic biphenyl esters having two different polymerizable groups, i.e., acryl and diacetylene groups, were synthesized and their thermal behaviors and polymerization investigated. All compounds showed enantiotropic transitions. Under POM, highly birefringent focal-conic fan textures appeared on heating and cooling from the isotropic melt. Compounds 6-8 having a Bu spacer between a biphenyl and a diacetylene group exhibited LC phases even at room temperature The x-ray diffractograms of compounds 6-8 showed a set of reflections in the small-angle region. They consisted of more than three sharp diffraction peaks with d spacings in the ratio of 1:1/2:1/3, showing that the compounds had well-defined smectic A structures. For the photoimaging a mixture of 6 and a photoinitiator (2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone, 4 wt %) was cast on a glass plate and sheared with a cover glass at room temperature to result in an LC monodomain. The acryl group was then selectively polymerized by irradiation with low-intensity 365 nm UV light to yield a polymer film. Subsequent UV irradiation at 254 nm using a 100 W high-pressure mercury arc lamp through a photomask produced conjugated polyacetylene chains in the irradiated area. The polydiacetylene chains were fluorescent, and the patterned image was directly visualized by fluorescence microscopy.
Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) published new progress about 50670-76-3. 50670-76-3 belongs to esters-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Benzene,Phenol,Ester, name is Ethyl 4′-hydroxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate, and the molecular formula is C15H14O3, Category: esters-buliding-blocks.
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