▶ Liquid Crystalline Polymers Derived from Disc-Shaped Molecules
▶ Mesogen-Jacketed Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Molecular Design and Synthesis
▶ New Stimuli-Response Liquid Crystalline Polymer Architectures
▶ Photoactive Liquid Crystalline Polymers
▶ Photoalignment of Liquid Crystal Molecules Using Fluorine-Containing
Polyimides
▶ Photodeformable Liquid Crystalline Polymers (LCPs)
▶ Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymers
▶ Structure and Assembly of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers
Acknowledgments The author is grateful to Dr. Benedict A. San Jose and Dr. Satoshi Matsushita
(Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University) for their valuable contributions in the
syntheses of liquid crystalline conjugated polymers. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid
for Science Research (A) (No. 25246002) and (No. 25620098) and (No. 15K13706) from the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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Akag K (2007) Synthesis and properties of liquid-crystalline-conjugated polymers. Bull Chem Soc
Jpn 80:649–661
Akagi K (2009) Advances in liquid crystalline conjugated polymers. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem
47:2463–2485
Akagi K, Suezaki M, Shirakawa H, Kyotani H, Shimomura M, Tanabe Y (1989) Synthesis of
polyacetylene films with high density and high mechanical strength. Synth Met 28:D1–D10
Akagi K, Goto H, Kadokura Y, Shirakawa H, Oh SY, Araya K (1995) Synthesis and properties of
liquid crystalline polyacetylene derivatives. Synth Met 69:13–16
Choi SK, Gal YS, Jin SH, Kim HK (2000) Poly(1,6-heptadiyne)-based materials by metathesis
polymerization. Chem Rev 100:1645–1682
Dierking I (2003) Textures of liquid crystals. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
Ghosh H, Shukla A, Mazumdar S (2000) Electron-correlation-induced transverse delocalization
and longitudinal confinement in excited states of phenyl-substituted polyacetylenes. Phys Rev B
62(19):12763–12774
Goto H, Dai X, Ueoka T, Akagi K (2004) Synthesis and properties of polymers from monosubstituted acetylene derivatives bearing ferroelectric liquid crystalline groups. Macromolecules
37:4783–4793
Hidayat R, Fujii A, Ozaki M, Teraguchi M, Masuda M, Yoshino K (2001) Exciton dynamics in
disubstituted polyacetylenes. Synth Met 119:597–598
Ho MS, Hsu CS (2009) Synthesis and hierarchical superstructures of side chain liquid crystal
polyacetylenes containing galactopyranoside end groups. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem
47:6596–6611
Huang C, Yang S, Chen K, Hsu CS (2006) Synthesis and light emitting properties of polyacetylenes
having pendent fluorene groups. J Polym Sci Part A Polym Chem 44:519–531
Koltzenburg S, Wolff D, Stelzer F, Springer J, Nuyken O (1998) Investigation of the thermal and
morphological behavior of liquid-crystalline acetylene homo- and copolymers. Macromolecules
31(26):9166–9173
Kong X, Tang BZ (1998) Synthesis and novel mesomorphic properties of the side-chain liquid
crystalline polyacetylenes containing phenyl benzoate mesogens with cyano and methoxy tails.
Chem Mater 10:3352–3363
Kwak G, Minakuchi M, Sakaguchi T, Masuda T, Fujiki M (2007) Poly(diphenylacetylene) bearing
long alkyl side chain via silylene linkage: its lyotropic liquid crystallinity and optical anisotropy.
Chem Mater 19:3654–3661
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359
▶ Mesogen-Jacketed Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Molecular Design and Synthesis
▶ New Stimuli-Response Liquid Crystalline Polymer Architectures
▶ Photoactive Liquid Crystalline Polymers
▶ Photoalignment of Liquid Crystal Molecules Using Fluorine-Containing
Polyimides
▶ Photodeformable Liquid Crystalline Polymers (LCPs)
▶ Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymers
▶ Structure and Assembly of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers
Acknowledgments The author is grateful to Dr. Benedict A. San Jose and Dr. Satoshi Matsushita
(Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University) for their valuable contributions in the
syntheses of liquid crystalline conjugated polymers. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid
for Science Research (A) (No. 25246002) and (No. 25620098) and (No. 15K13706) from the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
References
Akag K (2007) Synthesis and properties of liquid-crystalline-conjugated polymers. Bull Chem Soc
Jpn 80:649–661
Akagi K (2009) Advances in liquid crystalline conjugated polymers. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem
47:2463–2485
Akagi K, Suezaki M, Shirakawa H, Kyotani H, Shimomura M, Tanabe Y (1989) Synthesis of
polyacetylene films with high density and high mechanical strength. Synth Met 28:D1–D10
Akagi K, Goto H, Kadokura Y, Shirakawa H, Oh SY, Araya K (1995) Synthesis and properties of
liquid crystalline polyacetylene derivatives. Synth Met 69:13–16
Choi SK, Gal YS, Jin SH, Kim HK (2000) Poly(1,6-heptadiyne)-based materials by metathesis
polymerization. Chem Rev 100:1645–1682
Dierking I (2003) Textures of liquid crystals. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
Ghosh H, Shukla A, Mazumdar S (2000) Electron-correlation-induced transverse delocalization
and longitudinal confinement in excited states of phenyl-substituted polyacetylenes. Phys Rev B
62(19):12763–12774
Goto H, Dai X, Ueoka T, Akagi K (2004) Synthesis and properties of polymers from monosubstituted acetylene derivatives bearing ferroelectric liquid crystalline groups. Macromolecules
37:4783–4793
Hidayat R, Fujii A, Ozaki M, Teraguchi M, Masuda M, Yoshino K (2001) Exciton dynamics in
disubstituted polyacetylenes. Synth Met 119:597–598
Ho MS, Hsu CS (2009) Synthesis and hierarchical superstructures of side chain liquid crystal
polyacetylenes containing galactopyranoside end groups. J Polym Sci A Polym Chem
47:6596–6611
Huang C, Yang S, Chen K, Hsu CS (2006) Synthesis and light emitting properties of polyacetylenes
having pendent fluorene groups. J Polym Sci Part A Polym Chem 44:519–531
Koltzenburg S, Wolff D, Stelzer F, Springer J, Nuyken O (1998) Investigation of the thermal and
morphological behavior of liquid-crystalline acetylene homo- and copolymers. Macromolecules
31(26):9166–9173
Kong X, Tang BZ (1998) Synthesis and novel mesomorphic properties of the side-chain liquid
crystalline polyacetylenes containing phenyl benzoate mesogens with cyano and methoxy tails.
Chem Mater 10:3352–3363
Kwak G, Minakuchi M, Sakaguchi T, Masuda T, Fujiki M (2007) Poly(diphenylacetylene) bearing
long alkyl side chain via silylene linkage: its lyotropic liquid crystallinity and optical anisotropy.
Chem Mater 19:3654–3661
12 Liquid Crystalline Conjugated Polymers with Optoelectronic Functions
359