The methacrylate monomers bearing mesogenic group and heterocyclicazo dye have been synthesized. The monomeric dye was copolymerized with the mesogenicmonomer using a free radical initiator to produce polymers useful ...The methacrylate monomers bearing mesogenic group and heterocyclicazo dye have been synthesized. The monomeric dye was copolymerized with the mesogenicmonomer using a free radical initiator to produce polymers useful for nonlinear optics. Themonomers and polymers were characterized by IR,;H-NMR, and UV-Vis spectra. Theaverage molecular weight (M;and M;) of the polymers were determined by gel permeationchromatography. The thermal properties of the polymers such as thermal stability andphase transition behavior were studied by thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermalanalysis, polarizing optical microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The results demonstratethat the synthesized polymers are crystalline polymers at room temperature and no liquidcrystalline phases were observed for all of them.展开更多
文摘The methacrylate monomers bearing mesogenic group and heterocyclicazo dye have been synthesized. The monomeric dye was copolymerized with the mesogenicmonomer using a free radical initiator to produce polymers useful for nonlinear optics. Themonomers and polymers were characterized by IR,;H-NMR, and UV-Vis spectra. Theaverage molecular weight (M;and M;) of the polymers were determined by gel permeationchromatography. The thermal properties of the polymers such as thermal stability andphase transition behavior were studied by thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermalanalysis, polarizing optical microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The results demonstratethat the synthesized polymers are crystalline polymers at room temperature and no liquidcrystalline phases were observed for all of them.