Conjugated polymers exhibiting liquid crystallinity
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 6 (2) , 156-159
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.19940060214
Abstract
Various solubel and fusible liquid crystalline conjugated polymers can be synthesized due to recent progress in the use of the Stille coupling reaction and the Heck reaction. Evidence of nematic liquid‐crystalline phases in these polymers–arising from the rigid‐rod nature of the conjugated polymer backbone—is provided, and it is demonstrated that properties such as Tm, Tc, the solubility and the fusibility can becontrolled by changing the side groups.Keywords
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