SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS WITH T-SHAPED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MESOGENIC UNITS

摘要

Two series of new liquid crystailine polymers with T-shaped two-dimensional mesogenicunits were synthesized by low temperature solution polycondensations of 4-substituted N-2, 5- dihydroxybenzylidene aniline monomers with different diacyl dichlorides. The polymerswere found to be nematic and shown liquid crystailine behavior. The melting temperatureT_m and the clearing temperature T_i of the polymers change regularly with varying of themonomer structures.