Molecular composites
AssigneeEdison Polymer Innovation Corporation
InventorJerome B. Lando
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Monomers containing two diacetylene segments each of which is connected on one end through a spacer segment to a central mesogen segment, and on the other end to an additional spacer segment, are topochemically polymerized in a molecularly ordered phase to produce homogeneous molecular composites. A preferred monomer embodiment comprises a compound of the formula H--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--O--R.sub.1 --O--CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.m H where m and n are the number of repeating units, and R.sub.1 is a biphenylene mesogen.
Claims2
A compound of the formula H--(R.sub.3).sub.m --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--R.sub.2 --R.sub.1 --R.sub.2 --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--(R.sub.3).sub.m --H in which R.sub.1 is a member selected from the group consisting of ##STR8## R.sub.2 is --O--CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --;
- R.sub.3 is alkyl, and m is a whole number from about 3 to 18.
A compound having the formula H--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --CO--O--Ph--Ph--O--CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--(CH.sub.2).sub.m H where m is whole number from 3 to 18, and n is a whole number from 2 to 12.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.