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Polymers 2011, 3, 861-874; doi:10.3390/polym3020861 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Article Polarized Emission of Wholly Aromatic Bio-Based Copolyesters of a Liquid Crystalline Nature Kai Kan, Daisaku Kaneko and Tatsuo Kaneko * School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1, Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan; E-Mails: kaikan@jaist.ac.jp (K.K.); daisaku@jaist.ac.jp (D.K.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kaneko@jaist.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-761-51-1631; Fax: +81-761-51-1635. Received: 31 March 2011; in revised form: 3 May 2011 / Accepted: 12 May 2011 / Published: 16 May 2011 Abstract: A novel thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers poly{3-benzylidene amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid (3,4-BAHBA)-co-trans-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (4HCA: trans-coumaric acid)} (Poly(3,4-BAHBA-co-4HCA)), was synthesized by the thermal polycondensation of 4HCA and 3,4-BAHBA, which was synthesized by a reaction of 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid (3,4-AHBA) with benzaldehyde. When the 4HCA compositions of Poly(3,4-BAHBA-co-4HCA)s were above 55 mol%, the copolymers showed a nematic, liquid crystalline phase. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements of the copolymers showed a high glass transition temperature of more than 100 °C, sufficient for use in engineering plastics. Furthermore, the copolymers showed photoluminescence in an N-methylpyrrolidone (NM