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The synthesis of two series of liquid crystal-coil (LC-coil) diblock copolymers with narrow molecular weight distributions was achieved by atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which was designed to have LC conformation of poly[6-(4-Methoxy-4’-oxy-azobenzene) hexyl methacrylate] and coil-conformation of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) (Mn= 5000 or 2000) segment. The LC block in every series was prepared with a wide rang of molecular weights from 3.5 × 103 to 1.7 × 104. The copolymers were characterized by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectra, gel permeation chromatograph (GPC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscope (POM). The block polymers exhibited a smectic and nematic mesophase. The phase transition temperatures of the smectic and nematic phase increased and the crystallization temperature of PEO decreased with increasing molecular weight of the LC block.
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He, X., Zhang, H. & Wang, X. Synthesis of Side Chain Liquid Crystal-Coil Diblock Copolymers with p-Methoxyazobenzene Side Groups by Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization. Polym J 34, 523–528 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.34.523
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