In this paper we tried to prepare shape memory main chain LC materials, by photopolymerizing (UV-curing) LC elastomers subjected to uniaxial stress. For this purpose, we prepared blends, having different compositions, of a well-known mesogenic diglycidyl-terminated monomer, namely 4,4′-diglycidyloxybiphenyl (DIF), with its homologous bearing lateral photocurable allyl groups (AllDIF). The obtained blends were thermally cured with an aliphatic diacid (decandioic acid, SA), and gave LC networks in all the cases but 100% AllDIF composition. LC networks corresponding to a selected blend composition were subsequently conditioned with a radical photoinitiator, namely 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl propan-1-one and photocrosslinked by UV-curing either as such or while subjected to uniaxial stress. The characteristics of the resulting networks were investigated by means of DSC, XRD, POM, FT-IR, DMTA, and TMA analyses. The effect of UV-curing under stretching and of photoinitiator uptake on the LC phase stability and on the orientation of the networks, as well as on their dynamic-mechanical and thermomechanical response are discussed. 相似文献
Summary: This paper discusses static and dynamic mechanical properties of electron beam‐cured mixtures made of the nematic liquid crystal (LC) E7 and either tripropyleneglycol diacrylate (TPGDA) or propoxylated glycerol triacrylate (GPTA) as monomers differing essentially by their functionality. Dilution of the initial mixture with LC leads to a significant weakening of the film mechanical strength. Strong effects were found on Young modulus and rubbery state modulus. As the concentration of LC increases, these mechanical parameters drop significantly together with the glass transition temperature of the polymer showing a plasticizing effect. The results for the glass transition temperatures for the polymer and the LC were confirmed by thermograms obtained by differential scanning calorimetry.
Storage tensile modulus versus temperature of EB‐cured TPGDA/E7 films for different LC concentrations. 相似文献
In this work, we describe a process to synthesize novel liquid–crystalline (LC) benzoxazines from a LC phenol that contains biphenyl, ester and azomethine groups in the mesogenic moiety, various alkyl amines and formaldehyde. The LC behavior of the biphenyl-containing benzoxazines was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy and compared with analogous phenyl-containing LC benzoxazines containing phenyl, ester and azomethine groups in the mesogenic moiety. While the LC benzoxazines containing the phenyl groups only exhibited a nematic phase upon heating, the LC benzoxazines containing biphenyl groups exhibited a smectic phase as well as a nematic phase. Additionally, the LC-isotropic transition temperatures were over 100 °C higher than that for the phenyl-containing LC benzoxazines. A film obtained by curing the biphenyl-containing LC benzoxazine at 180 °C for 1 h exhibited birefringence. Finally, the thermal diffusivity of the cured LC benzoxazines was also investigated. 相似文献
The liquid crystalline (LC) order was introduced on aluminum nitride particles by the surface effect to increase the thermal conductivities of aluminum nitride/LC epoxy composites. X-ray diffraction and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering analyses revealed that the LC epoxy resin cured on the surface of an α-Al2O3 substrate formed homeotropically aligned smectic layers to increase the thermal conductivity. Therefore, thermally treated aluminum nitride particles, which formed α-Al2O3 layers on their surfaces, were applied to prepare the composites with high thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivities of the resulting composites were 11–36% higher than those with the composites prepared using untreated aluminum nitride particles. 相似文献