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Title: Molecular engineering of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers by living cationic polymerization using Webster`s initiating system

Conference ·
OSTI ID:141835
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  1. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)

Webster`s cationic initiating system (HO{sub 3}SCF{sub 3}/SMe{sub 2}) (Macromolecules, 23, 1918 (1990)) was shown by us (for a review see Adv. Mater., 4, 548 (1992)) to polymerize, via a living mechanism, mesogenic vinyl ethers which contain a large variety of functional groups. This is mostly because SMe{sub 2} is a softer nucleophile than any of the functional groups available in these monomers. The molecular engineering of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with conventional and complex architectures via this polymerization technique will be discussed.

OSTI ID:
141835
Report Number(s):
CONF-930304-; TRN: 93:003688-1523
Resource Relation:
Conference: 205. American Chemical Society national meeting, Denver, CO (United States), 28 Mar - 2 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of 205th ACS national meeting; PB: 1951 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English