摘要

A side-on liquid crystalline monomer, 2,5-bis [(4-hexyloxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl] styrene) (HPCS), was successfully polymerized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The polymerization was catalyzed by CuBr/PMDETA in chlorobenzene at 90° C with (1-bromoethyl)benzene as the initiator. The polymers have narrow MWD. It is the second example of mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymer (MJLCP) prepared by ATRP.