Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers

Xiaojuan Hao; Johan P.A. Heuts; Christopher Barner-Kowollik; Thomas P. Davis; Evan Evans

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Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers

Xiaojuan Hao, Johan P.A. Heuts, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Thomas P. Davis, Evan Evans

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Side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers of 6-[4(4′-methoxyphenyl)phenoxy]-hexyl methacrylate with controlled molecular weights and narrow polydispersities were prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization with 2-(2-cyanopropyl) dithiobenzoate as the RAFT agent. Differential scanning calorimetry studies showed that the polymers produced via the RAFT process had a narrower thermal stability range of the liquid-crystalline mesophase than the polymers formed via conventional free-radical polymerization. In addition, a chain length dependence of this stability range was found. The generated RAFT polymers displayed optical textures similar to those of polymers produced via conventional free-radical polymerization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2949-2963
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume	41
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.10894
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Liquid-cystalline polymers (LCP)
Living polymerization
Radical polymerization
Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer
Synthesis

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Hao, X., Heuts, J. P. A., Barner-Kowollik, C., Davis, T. P., & Evans, E. (2003). Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 41(19), 2949-2963. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.10894

Hao, Xiaojuan ; Heuts, Johan P.A. ; Barner-Kowollik, Christopher et al. / Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate : A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers. In: Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 2003 ; Vol. 41, No. 19. pp. 2949-2963.

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Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate : A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers. / Hao, Xiaojuan; Heuts, Johan P.A.; Barner-Kowollik, Christopher et al.

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Hao X, Heuts JPA, Barner-Kowollik C, Davis TP, Evans E. Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 2003 Oct 1;41(19):2949-2963. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.10894

Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers

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