New Principle of Molecular Design of LC Polymers by Covalent and Ionic Bonding of Side Groups

Abstract
The combined principle to design comb-shaped LC polymers by covalent and ionic bonding of side groups with the main chain was suggested. The ionic complexes formed by a LC copolymers containing -29 mol % of acrylic acid and octadecylamine were received. A study of phase behaviour of ionic complexes revealed the role that a low-molecular non-mesogenic component, attached through a non-covalent linkage to the main chain of the polymer, can play in the structure and properties of such ionic complexes.