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Conjugated polymers exhibiting liquid crystallinity
Author(s) -
Yu Luping,
Bao Zhenan
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19940060214
Subject(s) - materials science , conjugated system , fusible alloy , stille reaction , polymer , crystallinity , liquid crystalline , solubility , liquid crystal , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , optoelectronics , engineering
Various solubel and fusible liquid crystalline conjugated polymers can be synthesized due to recent progress in the use of the Stille coupling reaction and the Heck reaction. Evidence of nematic liquid‐crystalline phases in these polymers–arising from the rigid‐rod nature of the conjugated polymer backbone—is provided, and it is demonstrated that properties such as T m , T c , the solubility and the fusibility can becontrolled by changing the side groups.