基于β-环糊精的液晶大分子的合成及其相行为的分析-synthesis and phase behavior analysis of liquid crystal macromolecules based on β -cyclodextrin.docxVIP

AbstractTheinformationencodedinthemolecularcomponentsiselementaryinyielding structuresthroughsupramolecularinteractions,withexquisitecontrolofshapeand function.Thus,designandsynthesisofthenovelliquidcrystalswithdesirable functionalityandphysicalpropertiesatnano-lengthscalesarecontemporaryresearch topics.Theverypropertiesofprecisecontroloffunctionalityandmoleculararchitecture arealsoessentialingredientsinthemolecularengineeringofliquidcrystalsfor controllingandfine-tuningthephysicalpropertiesthatultimatelydefinethe self-organisingprocessthatleadstomesophaseformationHerein,weattempttograftthe fixednumberofmesogenstothesmallrimofβ-CD.Themonodisperseliquid-crystalline macromolecularoffersanexquisitelevelofcontrolthelocationofthefunctionalitiesand moleculararchitecture.1．Anewclassofwell-definedstructureliquidcrystalswithdifferentlengthofspacer(HnB-β-CD,n=2,4,6,8,10)weresynthesizedfromalkynemodifiedmethoxybiphenyl mesogensandheptakis(6-deoxy-6-azido)-β-cyclodextrinbyclickreaction.Thechemical structuresofHnB-β-CD(n=2,4,6,8,10)wereconfirmedby1HNMR,FTIR,and MALDI-TOFMS.Thethermalstabilitiesofallcompoundswereinvestigated bythermogravimetricanalysis(TGA).Theliquidcrystallinebehaviorswerestudiedby differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microcopy (POM) andwide-angleX-raydiffraction(WAXD)measurement.Theseinvestigationshaveshown that,byincreasingthespacerlength,atransitionofsupramolecularstructurestakeplace atthelowtemperatureregion.Forshortspacerlength(n=2),columnarnematicphase was observed,anduponfurtherincreasingthespacerlength(n=4,6,8,10)thephase structures areSmE (n=4,6) and SmB(n=8, 10).2．Anew class of well-defined structure liquid crystals with different mesogenicdensity(nAzo-β-CD,n=7，14，21)weresynthesizedfromalkynemodified methoxyazobenzene mesogens and heptakis(6-deoxy-6-azido)-β-cyclodextrin by clickreaction.The chemical structures ofnAzo-β-CD (n=n=7，14，21) were confirmed by1HNMR,FTIR,andMALDI-TOFMS.Thethermalstabilitiesofallcompoundswere investigat