Yq. Tian et al., SYNTHESIS OF A NEW SELF-ASSEMBLY LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER THROUGH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN-BONDING, Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao, 16(11), 1995, pp. 83-86
A new side chain liquid crystalline polymer with biphenyl mesogenic gr
oup has been prepared. This polymer forms a bilayer smectic A phase th
rough intermolecular hydrogen bonding according to the result of X-ray
diffraction. Its phase transition was studied uning DSC and polarized
optical microscopy. Infrared spectroscopic measurements show that cyc
lic dimeric hydrogen bonds of carboxylic acids are embedded in the bil
ayer.