Abstract
AbstractThe synthesis of chiral side‐chain liquid‐crystalline polysiloxanes containing both cholesteryl undecylenate (MI) and 4‐allyloxy‐benzoyl‐4‐(S‐2‐ethylhexanoyl) p‐benzenediol bisate (MII) mesogenic side groups was examined. The chemical structures of the obtained monomers and polymers were confirmed with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy or 1H‐NMR techniques. The mesomorphic properties and phase behavior of the synthesized monomers and polymers were investigated with polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Copolymers IIP–IVP revealed a smectic‐A phase, and VP and VIP revealed a smectic‐A phase and a cholesteric phase. The experimental results demonstrated that the glass‐transition temperature, the clearing‐point temperature, and the mesomorphic temperature range of IIP–VIP increased with an increase in the concentration of mesogenic MI units. TGA showed that the temperatures at which 5% mass losses occurred were greater than 300°C for all the polymers. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 2670–2676, 2002
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