THE SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DIACRYLATES DERIVED FROM CYCLOHEXANE UNITS

Authors
LUB J VANDERVEEN JH TENHOEVE W
Citation
J. Lub et al., THE SYNTHESIS OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DIACRYLATES DERIVED FROM CYCLOHEXANE UNITS, Recueil des travaux chimiques des Pays-Bas, 115(6), 1996, pp. 321-328
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Recueil des travaux chimiques des Pays-Bas → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650513
Volume
115
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
321 - 328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0513(1996)115:6<321:TSOLDD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Ordered polymeric networks are produced via the photopolymerization of liquid-crystalline (LC) diacrylates. When these diacrylates are deriv ed from aromatic rings, the networks show UV-light instability. In ord er to overcome this problem, the cyclohexane analogues of two of these LC diacrylates were synthesized. The newly formed molecules exhibit m uch lower UV absorption than their aromatic analogues but also complet ely different phase behaviour. One of them showed a highly viscous LC phase, the other lacks LC properties.