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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 15, Pages 3315-3323Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.20784
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liquid-crystalline; elastomers; cholesteric phase; nematic phase; networks; phase behavior
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A series of new side-chain cholesteric elastomers derived from cholesteryl 4-(10-undecylen-1-yloxy)-4'-ethoxybenzoate and phenyl 4,4-bis(10-undecylen-1-yloxybenzoyloxy-p-ethoxybenzoate) was synthesized. The chemical structures of the monomers were confirmed by elemental analyses, Fourier transform infrared, and H-1 NMR and C-13 NMR spectra. The mesomorphic properties of elastomers were investigated with differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction measurements. The influence of the content of the crosslinking unit on the phase behavior of the elastomers was examined. Monomer M-1 showed a cholesteric phase, and M-2 displayed smectic and nematic phases. The elastomers containing < 15 mol % of the crosslinking units revealed reversible mesomorphic phase transition, wide mesophase temperature ranges, and high thermal stability. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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