ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The benzoic acid ester of (2-hydroxypropyl)cellulose (BzPC) was prepared and fractionated from acetone solution by precipitation with methanol-water (85:15, by volume). The fractions were characterized by low-angle laser light scattering in tetrahydrofuran, and by size exclusion chromatography with a low-angle laser light scattering detector. Dilute solution viscosities were measured in acetone and benzene, and the results were interpreted on the basis of a worm-like chain model for BzPC. The critical concentrations of polymer necessary to form lyotropic cholesteric phases in acetone and benzene were found to decrease as the molar mass of the polymer increased, reaching a limiting volume fraction of ≈ 0,35 for high molar mass fractions. The experimental results were compared with the prediction of recent theories for the formation of liquid crystalline phases from semiflexible polymers; the chain parameters required by the theories were estimated from dilute solution viscosities. The fractions of BzPC also showed a thermotropic transition from liquid crystalline phase to isotropic melt. The transition temperature increased sharply with increasing molar mass to reach a limiting value of 176°C.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1983.021840816
