Abstract
Liquid crystalline block and graft copolymers were synthesized according to the macroinitiator and macroinimer concept. For this purpose, side chain block copolymers (polytetrahydrofuran-b-polymethylmethacrylate) having liquid crystalline 4,4'-cyanobiphenyl blocks were prepared and characterized. Unlike the liquid-crystalline homopolymer with mesogenic units in the side chain, all block and graft copolymers showed a smectic A mesophase. The transition temperatures are hardly affected by the composition and molecular weight of the blolck copolymers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 286-295 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Turkish Journal of Chemistry |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |