Photo-induced liquid crystal alignment on imide oligomer containing cinnamate group

Ki Yun Cho, Shi Joon Sung, Seongnam Lee, Hyung seok Chang, Jung Ki Park

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Abstract

In this paper, the synthesis, photo-reaction and photo-induced liquid crystal alignment of a imide oligomer with a terminated cinnamate group are reported. The imide oligomer was synthesized by the chemical imidization of the polyamic acid derived from 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 4,4′-oxydianiline, and 4-aminophenol followed by the attachment of the cinnamate group to the imide oligomer. The thermal stability of the photo-induced liquid crystal alignment of non-fluorinated imide oligomer with terminated cinnamated groups was enhanced and this might be attributed to the strong interchain interaction of imide chains which prevents thermal randomization of the photo-product of the terminated cinnamates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-199
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering C
Volume24
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jan 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Center for Advanced Functional Polymers at KAIST.

Keywords

  • Cinnamate
  • Imide oligomer
  • Photo-induced liquid crystal alignment
  • Thermal stability

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