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(Meth)acrylate liquid crystalline polymers for membrane applications
Author(s) -
Rabie Feras,
Sedlakova Zdenka,
Sheth Swapnil,
Marand Eva,
Martin Stephen M.,
Poláková Lenka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.42694
Subject(s) - mesogen , copolymer , differential scanning calorimetry , polymer chemistry , acrylate , materials science , methacrylate , monomer , polymer , glass transition , butyl acrylate , membrane , chemical engineering , chemistry , liquid crystalline , composite material , biochemistry , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Synthesis and characterization of a series of linear copolymers with liquid crystalline side chains is reported. Methacrylate monomers containing cyanobiphenyl as a mesogenic group were prepared. These monomers were then copolymerized with 2‐ethylhexyl acrylate in varying molar ratios. The structure and composition of the monomers and corresponding polymers were determined by 1 H‐NMR, elemental analysis and size‐exclusion chromatography. Thermal properties of the polymers were studied using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, and X‐ray scattering techniques. Increasing mesogen content resulted in an increase of the glass transition temperature of the copolymers. In addition, above a threshold mesogen content the copolymers exhibited smectic mesophases. Using a solution casting technique, a membrane was fabricated to study single gas transport behaviors. Permeabilities, were in the order of CO 2 > propylene > O 2 > N 2 > CH 4 > propane. Diffusion coefficients correlated well to Lenard–Jones Diameter. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132 , 42694.