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摘要
Ten new rod-like aromatic aldehyde liquid crystalline molecules with azo linkage were synthesized, in which bi(trans-cyclohexyl), cyclohexyl phenyl, and biphenyl carboxylic acid mesogenic cores with terminal ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, and n-pentyl substituents were esterified with azo benzoic aldehyde. These molecules were designed in an attempt to construct a series of new azo liquid crystalline molecules to investigate the influence of ultraviolet (UV) light on their mesophase. All compounds have been characterized on the basis of their spectral data, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and hot stage polarizing optical microscope (HS-POM). All these compounds exhibited liquid crystalline phase that belonged to nematic and photosensitive properties. Their temperature ranges of mesophase are from 101 degrees C to 150 degrees C. Under irradiated 365 nm UV light, they showed photosensitivity in the solvent of methanol. Observed under HS-POM, the UV light also did change the textures of these compounds. The result showed that terminal ethyl is enough for these molecules to exhibit wider temperature range of mesophase, and these new molecules have photosensitivities observed under illumination of UV light not only in solution but also in mesophase due to the change of their structures from trans isomer to cis one.
- 出版日期2014
- 单位咸阳师范学院
