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Phase Equilibria of a Mixture of a Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer and its Blends with Low Molecular Mass Liquid Crystal
Macromolecules
  • Namil Kim
  • Jaehyuck Choi
  • Liang-Chy Chien
  • Thein Kyu, The University of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-29-2007
Abstract

A side-chain liquid crystalline polymer based on p-methoxyphenyl-p‘-acryloyloxy benzoate was synthesized for utilization in a polymer dispersed liquid crystal. Phase diagram of the blends of side-chain liquid crystalline polymer and low molecular mass liquid crystal (K21) was established by means of light scattering and differential scanning calorimetry. A theoretical phase diagram was established by self-consistently solving the combined free energy densities of Flory−Huggins, Maier−Saupe, and phase field theory of solidification. The theoretical phase diagram was established to compare with the observed phase diagram of the binary mesogenic mixtures, showing the isotropic, isotropic + nematic (L1 + N2), nematic + nematic (N1 + N2), and crystal + nematic (Cr1 + N2) coexistence regions. The morphologies of these coexistence regions were further confirmed by polarized optical microscopy.

Citation Information
Namil Kim, Jaehyuck Choi, Liang-Chy Chien and Thein Kyu. "Phase Equilibria of a Mixture of a Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer and its Blends with Low Molecular Mass Liquid Crystal" Macromolecules Vol. 40 Iss. 26 (2007) p. 9582 - 9589
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thein_kyu/77/