Liquid crystalline side chain-coil diblock copolymers by living free radical polymerization

Abstract

SUMMARY: A series of LC-coil diblock copolymers was prepared using living radical polymerization. The resulting polymers were shown to possess a smectic mesophase and a lamellar microstructure by X-ray diffraction. The microstructure slowly develops on annealing as suggested by DSC studies.

Synthesis and Characterization of Polyacrylates Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

“…In spite of extensive studies on ATRP-living/controlled radical polymerization for the different monomers, its application to the synthesis of special polymers, such as liquid crystalline (LC) polymers, has been very rare. Gomes, Laus, and others reported liquid crystalline and amorphous block copolymers by living/controlled radical polymerization [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”