Synthesis, characterization and properties of liquid crystalline bismaleimides containing phenylbenzoate mesogens and polymethylenic spacers

Autor: Kémira Kallal-Bartolomeo, Jean-Claude Milano, Jean-Louis Vernet, Bernard Gallot
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 201:2276-2281
ISSN: 1521-3935
1022-1352
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3935(20001101)201:17<2276::aid-macp2276>3.0.co;2-z
Popis: This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of four bismaleimides containing a phenylbenzoate mesogenic group and differing by the length of the polymethylenic spacers. They were prepared by reacting 4-maleimidobenzoyl chloride with diphenols containing methylene bridges. The cured resins are stable up to 380°C in air. Smectic liquid crystalline behavior was observed in those materials. Two of them could be crosslinked in either smectic or isotropic phase. We have also found that the degree of cure can affect the formation of a liquid crystalline phase. Isothermal cure of initially isotropic material can form a material that exhibits a liquid crystalline phase.
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