Applied Chemistry for Engineering (공업화학)

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Effect of Linkage Groups on the Properties of Semi-flexible Liquid Crystalline Polymers

연결기가 반 유연성 액정중합체의 물성에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Jong-Ryul (Division of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Yoon, Doo-Soo (Dept. of Bioenvironmental & Chemical Engineering, Chosun College of Science & Technology) ;
  • Bang, Moon-Soo (Division of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kongju National University)
  • 박종률 (공주대학교 신소재공학부) ;
  • 윤두수 (조선이공대학교 생명환경화공과) ;
  • 방문수 (공주대학교 신소재공학부)
  • Received : 2015.04.15
  • Accepted : 2015.05.17
  • Published : 2015.08.10
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Abstract

Semi-flexible liquid crystalline polymers containing a mesogenic group and an octamethylene flexible spacer in the main chain were synthesized by solution polycondensation. The mesogenic group in the polymer consists of four aromatic rings connected by ester and ketone, ether, sulfide, methylene, sulfone, or isopropylidene linkage groups. This paper discusses effects of the central linker of the mesogenic group on polymer properties. The structures and properties of synthesized polymers were investigated by $^1H$-NMR, FT-IR, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), and polarizing optical microscope (POM). Polymers having bent linkage groups exhibited low thermal transition temperatures, narrow mesophase temperature ranges, low liquid crystallinity, and good solubilities in organic solvents, while those having bulky linkage groups were amorphous and exhibited high glass transition temperatures.

주사슬에 메소젠기와 유연격자로써 옥타메틸렌기를 포함하고 있는 반 유연성 액정중합체가 용액 중축합반응에 의하여 합성되었다. 중합체의 메소젠기는 에스터와 케톤, 에터, 설파이드, 메틸렌, 설폰, 또는 아이소프로필리덴기들에 의해 결합된 4개의 방향족고리로 되어 있다. 본 논문에서는, 메소젠기의 가운데 연결기가 중합체의 물성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 고찰하였다. 합성된 중합체의 구조와 성질은 $^1H$-NMR, FT-IR, DSC, TGA, XRD, POM에 의하여 조사되었으며, 그 결과에 의하면, 굽은 구조의 연결기를 가지고 있는 중합체들은 낮은 열전이온도, 좁은 액정상 온도구간, 약한 액정성, 그리고 유기용매에 대한 좋은 용해성을 보여 주었고, 벌크한 연결기를 갖는 중합체들은 무정형 중합체로서 높은 유리전이온도($T_g$)를 나타내었다.

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