Vertical Orientation of Liquid Crystal on Polystyrene Substituted with n-Alkylbenzoate-p-oxymethyl Pendant Group as a Liquid Crystal Precursor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of n-alkylbenzoate-p-oxymethyl Modified Polystyrene
2.3. Film Preparation and LC Cell Assembly
2.4. Instrumentation
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Polymer Designation | Feed Ratio of n-alkyl-p-hydroxybenzoate (mol%) | Degree of Substitution (mol%, ±10%) | Tg (°C) |
---|---|---|---|
P2BO20 | 20 | 20 | 110.6 |
P2BO40 | 40 | 40 | 89.2 |
P2BO60 | 60 | 60 | 74.4 |
P2BO80 | 80 | 80 | 71.9 |
P2BO | 150 | 100 | 70.3 |
P4BO | 150 | 100 | 43.9 |
P6BO | 150 | 100 | 28.5 |
P8BO | 150 | 100 | 19.5 |
Polymer Designation | Water Contact Angle (°) a | Vertical LC Aligning Ability b |
---|---|---|
P2BO20 | 81 | X |
P2BO40 | 86 | O |
P2BO60 | 87 | O |
P2BO80 | 89 | O |
P2BO | 90 | O |
P4BO | 91 | O |
P6BO | 92 | O |
P8BO | 93 | O |
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Seo, K.; Kang, H. Vertical Orientation of Liquid Crystal on Polystyrene Substituted with n-Alkylbenzoate-p-oxymethyl Pendant Group as a Liquid Crystal Precursor. Polymers 2021, 13, 2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132058
Seo K, Kang H. Vertical Orientation of Liquid Crystal on Polystyrene Substituted with n-Alkylbenzoate-p-oxymethyl Pendant Group as a Liquid Crystal Precursor. Polymers. 2021; 13(13):2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132058
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeo, Kyutae, and Hyo Kang. 2021. "Vertical Orientation of Liquid Crystal on Polystyrene Substituted with n-Alkylbenzoate-p-oxymethyl Pendant Group as a Liquid Crystal Precursor" Polymers 13, no. 13: 2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13132058