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POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 4, Issue 19, Pages 5108-5118Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3py00757j
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- NSFC [51233002, 91027024, 51061130556]
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We synthesized two photoresponsive liquid crystalline polymers bearing branched azobenzene-containing side-chains. The side-chain liquid crystal polymers (SCLCPs) were designed to contain two and three azobenzene moieties in each monomeric unit, which were attached to the backbones via a linkage of biphenylene and flexible spacers. The SCLCPs were synthesized by radical polymerization of corresponding methacrylate-based monomers. The polymers were characterized by FT-IR, H-1 NMR, UV-vis, GPC and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Both polymers formed the smectic-A mesophase in the LC states, whilst the polymer containing three azobenzene-containing branches in each repeat unit showed a high order mesophase in the lower temperature range. The polymers exhibited trans-cis photoisomerization and photoinduced orientation under light irradiation at suitable wavelengths.
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