• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.255-262
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• 1999

The new copolymers which contain flexible spacers in main chain were prepared and their properties were studied. the copolymers were synthesized in the melt polymerization melted from diacetoxynaphthalene isomers, ${\alpha},{\omega}bis(4-carboxyphenoxy)$ alkanes and p-acetoxy benzoic acid in the molar ratio of 1:1:2 and characterized for the effects of structure of naphthalenediol isomer moieties and the spacers on thermal crystalline and liquid crystalline properties of the resulting polymers. Diacetoxy naphthalene isomers were used 1. 5-,1. 6-,2. 6-and 2. 7-disubstituted ones and the spacers was either tetramethylene or decamethylene. The polymer was characterized by elemental and spectropic analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) on a polaring microscope, wide-angle X-ray diffractometry and thermogravimetry (TGA). There glass transition temperatures (Tg) and melting temperature (Tm) on the structure of the naphthalenediol isomer moieties and the length of the spacers. The presence of spacers was found to the helpful in crystallization of 1. 6-naphthalenediol copolyesters. The presence of amide group in the backbone chain of polymer was found to increase transition temperature, crystallization, thermal stability of polymers but to decreas solubility.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.08a
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• pp.55.1-55
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• 1998

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.25 no.4 s.34
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• pp.97-110
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• 1999

The new stick make-up product was studied by using a gel, which is a viscous complex formed with clay minerals, vitamins A and E and fluorinated liquid polymer with a 1500 molecular weight. The gel cannot be obtained with any random combination of clay minerals and the ingredients described above. It takes the sequential manufacturing method as follows to get this kind of gel. Firstly, clay minerals and liquid polymers have to be pre-mixed in order to saturate the liquid polymers with the clay minerals. Then the on-processed gel has to be finely crystallized. The clay minerals, which are the core elements for this gel, were used as a function of Binder & Buffer and liquid polymer was mixed together for the deterioration of the surface tension of each component and to form a functional film in the gel. This liquid polymer was combined with clay minerals because it is not miscible with most oils and solvents. Waxes have a function of keeping a solid status in the stick. We reduced the usage of waxes by putting clay minerals as buffer in the proportion of 0.5:1 with oil phase. Ceramide takes care of the skin when used regularly and maintains the skin's moisture. Vitamins A and E contribute to preventing skin aging by the activation of skin cells. We could get the stable viscous gel, which has about 80% oil phase using clay minerals and liquid polymer. The crystalline structures of gel were surface-chemically-analyzed using SEM and Image Analyzer and were thermodynamically analyzed using DSC. Surface tension test and softness were done by Rheometer. In the end, these characteristics were verified by consumer panel tests in Seoul, Daegeon and Pusan in Korea and Hokkaido, Osaka and Miyazaki in Japan with correlation to the climate.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.132-132
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• 2006

Filler loading (fiber or particulate) usually increases the melt viscosity of polymers. In contrast, the addition of these fillers and fibrillation of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) jointly decreased the viscosity of polymer melts to lower than those of pure component polymers, filler-loaded or LCP-blended ones; and even decreased the viscosity with increasing filler loading. Termed as rheological hybrid effect, this phenomenon correlated well with the LCP fibrillation in these ternary systems. Research taking fillers of various shapes and sizes showed that the filler addition promoted the LCP fibrillation, depending upon thermodynamic and dynamic factors involved.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.86-92
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• 2019

Polymers with various compositions of azobenzene and hexamethylene groups in the main chain were synthesized by a Schotten-Baumann reaction and their properties were investigated. The chemical structures and physical properties of the synthesized polymers were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, polarized optical microscopy, and x-ray diffraction. The polymers showed an inherent viscosity of 1.28-1.36 dl/g and were relatively insoluble in most organic solvents. The melt transition temperature increased rapidly with increasing number of azobenzene groups in the polymer. When the azobenzene monomer content was more than 50 mol%, no melting transition occurred below the decomposition temperature. Among the polymers with a melt transition temperature, the MP-A3C7 and MP-A5C5 polymers were liquid crystalline materials and exhibited a nematic phase with weak liquid crystallinity over a wide liquid crystal temperature range. This difference in the properties of the synthesized polymers is likely due to the changes in intermolecular forces resulting from the linearity and polarity of the trans-form of azobenzene.

• Textile Coloration and Finishing
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 1996

Thermotropic liquid-crystalline polyurethanes were synthesized by the polyaddition reaction of such para-substiuted diisocyanate monomer as 1,4-phenylene diisocyanate(1,4-PDI) and 2,5-tolylene diisocyanate(2,5-TDI), with 4,4'-bis($\omega$-hydroxyalkoxy)biphenyls(BPm: $HOC_{m}OC_{6}H_{4}C_{6}H_{4}OC_{m}H_{2m}OH$; m is the carbon number of the hydroxyalkoxy group). These polyurethanes have mesogenic biphenyl units in the main chain. Properties of polymers were studied by differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle X-ray scattering, thermogravimetic analysis, polarizing microscopy, and infraed spectroscopy. DSC thermograms for these polymers exhibited two endothermic peaks corresponding to phase transitions of melting and isotropization. Mesomorphic behavior of the polyurethanes were also observed under the polarizing microscope. For example, polyurethane 2,5-YDI/BP5 with [$\theta$]=0.44 prepared from 2,5-TDI and BP5 exhibited a liquid crystalline phase from 194 to 205$^{\circ}C$. Infrared spectrum study indicated that the hydrogen bonding between urethane linkages affected the mesomorphism. The thermostabilities of polyurethanes 2,5-TDI/BP5 and 1,4-PDI/BP5 were measured at a heating rate of 1$0^{\circ}C$/min in air. The temperatures of 5% weight loss for 2,5-TDI/BP5 and 1,4-PDI/BP5 were 297 and 334$^{\circ}C$, respectively.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.998-1008
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• 1994

Copolyeters consisted of p-oxybenzoly, naphthalene isomer and dimethyldisiloxyl group in different comonomer sequences were synthesized by solution polycondensation and characterized. The naphthalene isomers used in this study were of the 1,4 1,5, 2,6 and 2,7 naphthylene units. The inherent viscosities of the polymers were between 0.27~0.42dl/g and all of the polymers, with the exception of the 2,7-ordered copolyester, showed enantiotropic nematic behavior. Annealing the copolyesters resulted in increasing molecular weights and degree of crystallinity of crystallizable compositions. Ordered copolyesters exhibit significant differences in thermal transitions, thermal stability, crystalline properties and liquid crystallinity when compared with the properties of the corresponding radom copolyesters.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.27.2-27.2
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• 2011

Polymer electronics is the one of the most promising way to realize the flexible electronics and many studies made remarkable progress to achieve the improvement in performance of polymer electronics comparable to current silicon-based technology. PBTTT is conjugated semiconducting polymer with highly ordered, chain-extended crystalline microstructures and shows high field effect mobilities above 0.1 $cm^2/Vs$. We studied PBTTTs FETs phase and explored methods to control channel interface in various device structures. Especially, in PBTTTs' unique nano-ribbon phase, we could obtain high mobilities of up to 0.4 $cm^2/Vs$, which was not reached before. Alignment of PBTTTs film was carried out using zone casting and anisotropy of mobilities in parallel and perpendicular to the polymer chain direction was investigated. Optical anisotropy in aligned nano-ribbon PBTTT FETs was also studied using a polarized optical absorption.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.37-46
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• 2007

Fully or nearly fully 6- [4- (4'- (nitrophenylazo)phenoxycarbonyl)]pentanoated polysaccharide derivatives were synthesized by reacting cellulose, amylose, chitosan, chitin, alginic acid, pullulan or amylopectin with 6- [4- (4'- (nitrophenylazo)phenoxy) ] pentanoyl chloride (NA6C) and their thermotropic liquid crystalline behaviors were investigated. Like in the case of NA6C, all the polysaccharide derivatives formed monotropic nematic phases, suggesting that the mesophase structure of the polysaccharide derivatives is dertermined by the mesogenic side groups and not by the polysaccharide backbone. This is the first report of polysaccharide derivatives, except cellulose derivative, that form thermotropic nematic phases. The thermal stability and degree of order of the nematic phases observed for poly saccharide derivatives were significantly different from those reported for the polymers in which the azobenzene groups are attached to flexible or rigid backbones through flexible spacers. The results were discussed in terms of the difference in the arrangement of the main and side chains and the flexibility of the main chain.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.157-165
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• 1997

The transesterification reaction could be used to the technical production as it forms an in-situ compatibilizer during the processing of polymer blends. Thus, TR-4,6(poly(tetramethylene-4,4'-terephthaloyldioxydibenzoate-co-hexametylene-4,4'-terephthaloyldioxydibenzoate), one of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers was synthesized and was blended with PBT(polybutylene terephthalate), one of engineering plastics, to study the transesterification reaction. The transesterification reactions between two components, TR-4,6 and PBT, were monitored by IR, DSC and $^{13}C-NMR$ and analyzed by a statistical treatment method. Also, the reaction rates and the sequence distributions of repeating unit were (calculated and) invesitigated.