Issue 29, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Synthesis and evaluation of high-birefringence polymethacrylate having a diphenyl-diacetylene LC moiety in the side chain†

Yuki Arakawa,a   Shunpei Nakajima,a   Sungmin Kang,*a   Gen-ichi Konishi*a  and  Junji Watanabea  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
E-mail: konishi.g.aa@m.titech.ac.jp, skang@polymer.titech.ac.jp
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Abstract

We synthesized polymethacrylate with a diphenyl-diacetylene moiety in the side chain. It formed a nematic LC, which appears in the wide temperature region and vitrified at room temperature. The polymer exhibited a high-birefringence of ∼0.3 at 550 nm at room temperature.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and evaluation of high-birefringence polymethacrylate having a diphenyl-diacetylene LC moiety in the side chain

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM32489J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Apr 2012
Accepted
25 May 2012
First published
25 May 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 14346-14348

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Synthesis and evaluation of high-birefringence polymethacrylate having a diphenyl-diacetylene LC moiety in the side chain

Y. Arakawa, S. Nakajima, S. Kang, G. Konishi and J. Watanabe, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 14346 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM32489J

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