Nitroxide-mediated free radical synthesis of mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymers

Xin Hua Wan; Hui Lin Tu; Ying Feng Tu; Dong Zhang; Ling Sun; Qi Feng Zhou; Yu Ping Dong; Mao Tang

Nitroxide-mediated free radical synthesis of mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymers

Xin Hua Wan^*, Hui Lin Tu, Ying Feng Tu, Dong Zhang, Ling Sun, Qi Feng Zhou, Yu Ping Dong, Mao Tang

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School of Material Science and Engineering

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Abstract

The first TEMPO-mediated "living" free radical polymerization of liquid crystalline monomer, 2, 5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene (MFCS), was carried out at 130°C with BPO as an initiator. The molecular weight of the polymer can be varied from rather low values to high values while maintaining narrow polydispersity. It was observed that the polymerization of MFCS proceeded much faster than that of styrene. A tentative explanation for this fast polymerization was suggested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-192
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition)
Volume	17
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

"living" free radical polymerization
Mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymer
Mesophase polymerization
TEMPO

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