THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT AND DSC STUDIES OF THE DUAL GLASS TRANSITIONS IN SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE COPOLYSILOXANES CONTAINING 4-[(S)-2-METHYLBUTOXY]PHENYL 3-CHLORO-4-ALKENYLOXYBENZOATE SIDE-GROUPS
Hl. Chang et Cs. Hsu, THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT AND DSC STUDIES OF THE DUAL GLASS TRANSITIONS IN SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE COPOLYSILOXANES CONTAINING 4-[(S)-2-METHYLBUTOXY]PHENYL 3-CHLORO-4-ALKENYLOXYBENZOATE SIDE-GROUPS, Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 198(10), 1997, pp. 2985-2992
The synthesis of side-chain liquid crystalline copolysiloxanes contain
ing ethylbutoxy]phenoxycarbonyl]-2-chlorophenoxy]alkyl side groups is
presented. Differential scanning calorimetry, optical polarizing micro
scopy and X-ray diffractometry reveal smectic mesomorphism for most of
the obtained polymers. The copolysiloxane with three methylene units
in the spacer is the only one showing no mesomorphic property. The oth
er four copolysiloxanes, containing four, five, six or eleven methylen
e units in the spacer, display a smectic A phase. All of the obtained
polymers present dual glass transition behavior by both DSC and therma
lly stimulated current (TSC) techniques. The first glass transition (T
-g1) at lower temperature is due to the segmental motions of the polys
iloxane backbone, while the second glass transition (T-g2) is due to t
he cooperative relaxation motions of spacers and mesogenic units.