Analysis of Intermolecular Interaction in Thermotropic Aromatic Polyurethanes with Flexible Spacers

Spacer를 가지고 방향족 polyurethane의 분자간 상호 작용에 의한 액정성의 발견

  • Lee, Jong Back (Dept. of Textile Eng., Pusan National Univ., Pusan, Korea) ;
  • Song, Jin Cherl (Instituted of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Japan)
  • Published : 1995.12.01

Abstract

A series of thermotropic Polyurethanes mesogenic unit were synthesized by polyaddition of a para-type diisocyanate such as 2,5-tolylene diisocyanate(2,5-TDI) with 4-4'-bis($\omega$-hydroxyalkoxy) biphenls(BPm: $HOCmH_{2m}OC_{6}H_{4}OC_{m}H_{2m}OH$ : m is the carbon number of the hydroxyalkoxy group) in DMF. Intrinsic viscosities of the polymers were in the range of 0.41~0.99dL/g DSC thermograms for these polymers exhibited two endothermic peaks corresponding to phase transitions of melting and isotropization. For examplem polyurethane 2,5-TDI/BPll with [η]=0.99 prepared from 2.5-TDI and 4,4'-bis[11-hydroxyundecaoxy biphenyl(BP11) a liquid crystalline phase from 156 to 173$^{\circ}C$. The thermotropic properites of liquid crystalline polyurethanes have been investigated by wide-angle X-ray scatter(WAXS), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The mesomorphic behavior of the polyurethanes was concluded to be greatly dependent on the intermolecular hydrogen bonds through the urethane.

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