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High modulus cholesteric mesophase polymers
Assignee: Duke University
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Filing: 1980-08-20
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2000-08-20
Abstract
Abstract A polymeric material which is capable of forming high modulus, biaxially orientable structures of a cholesteric mesophase, wherein said polymeric material comprises an optically active monomer which is condensation co-polymerized with at least one p-phenylene containing monomer which is itself capable of forming a polymer exhibiting a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with a second monomer to form a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with racemic mixture of said optically active monomers to form a nematic mesophase, wherein the resulting copolymer is characterized by a degree of inflexibility sufficient to form a mesophase and wherein said optically active monomer is present in said polymer after copolymerization in an amount sufficient to impart optical activity to said polymer sufficient to form a cholesteric mesophase.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Krigbaum
- 👤 Alberto Ciferri
- 👤 Jack Preston
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:33
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G69/00; C08G69/02; C08G69/36; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/52; C08G63/54; C08G63/547; C08G63/60; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A polymeric material which is capable of forming high modulus, biaxially orientable structures of a cholesteric mesophase, wherein said polymeric material comprises an optically active monomer which is condensation co-polymerized with at least one p-phenylene containing monomer which is itself capable of forming a polymer exhibiting a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with a second monomer to form a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with a racemic mixture of said optically active monomers to form a nematic mesophase herein the resulting copolymer is characterized by a degree of inflexibility sufficient to form a mesophase and wherein said optically active monomer is present in said polymer after copolymerization in an amount sufficient to impart optical activity to said polymer sufficient to form a cholesteric mesophase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A polymeric material which is capable of forming high modulus, biaxially orientable structures of a cholesteric mesophase, wherein said polymeric material comprises an optically active monomer which is condensation co-polymerized with at least one p-phenylene containing monomer which is itself capable of forming a polymer exhibiting a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with a second monomer to form a nematic mesophase, or which is capable of being copolymerized with a racemic mixture of said optically active monomers to form a nematic mesophase herein the resulting copolymer is characterized by a degree of inflexibility sufficient to form a mesophase and wherein said optically active monomer is present in said polymer after copolymerization in an amount sufficient to impart optical activity to said polymer sufficient to form a cholesteric mesophase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The polymer of claim 1 wherein said optically active monomer is at least a partially resolved D or L isomer of a racemic mixture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The polymer of claim 2 wherein said optically active monomer is selected from the group consisting of an optically active amino acid, diacid and diamine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The polymer of claim 1 wherein said polymer is produced by condensation copolymerization of a monomer selected from the group consisting of monomer selected from the group consisting of ##STR14## with an optically active monomer selected from the group consisting of an optically active amino acid, diacid and diamine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A high modulus ultra high strength biaxially oriented film which is formed from the polymer of claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The high modulus biaxially oriented film of claim 5 wherein the modulus is from 1-5×10 3 lbs/in 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The polymer of claim 1, wherein said polymer selectively reflects circularly polarized light.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The polymer of claim 7, wherein the wavelength of said light is in the visible region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The polymer of claim 8, wherein said polymer exhibits color in the absence of dye.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The film of claim 7, wherein said film selectively reflects circularly polarized light.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The film of claim 10, wherein the wavelength of said light is in the visible region.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The film of claim 11, wherein said film exhibits color in the absence of dye.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
117 words
The polymer of claim 1 wherein at least one of the monomers capable of forming the nematic phase has the formula ##STR15## wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent -COX 1 , -NH 2 , -OH, ##STR16## wherein X 1 is -OH, -Cl, ##STR17## or -Br; n is 0 or 1, q is 1 or 3; wherein if n=0, M is any R' group which may be the same or different than the R' selection, and if n=1 then M is ##STR18## -CH═CH-, -C(CH 3 )═CH-, -N═CH-, -N═N- or ##STR19## Y 1 and Y 2 are independently selected from the group of -H, -Cl, -Br, lower alkyl or -OH; and s may be 0 or 1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
The polymer of claim 13 wherein a second monomer selected from the group consisting of a diacid, a dialdehyde, a diacid halide, an amino acid, a diacetate, a diphenol, an aliphatic diol, a diamine and an amino alcohol is copolymerized with said p-phenylene containing monomer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
89 words
A three layered composite polymeric film, wherein each outer layer is a film as described in claim 5 having an absorption maximum λ 0 wherein the first outer layer has a helical pitch of opposite hand to the helical pitch of the second outer layer and the central layer is formed from polymeric molecules in a planar nematic state, said central layer having a thickness of λ 0 /2, wherein said composite polymeric film selectively reflects incident light of wavelength λ 0 in the form of circularly polarized light.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The three layered composite polymeric film of claim 15, wherein λ 0 is in the visible wavelength region.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The three layered composite polymeric film of claim 16, wherein said composite polymeric film exhibits color in the absence of dye.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of manufacturing colored articles, comprising the step of manufacturing said article from a polymer as described in claim 9.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of coloring a manufactured article, comprising the step of attaching a polymer as described in claim 9 to a surface of said manufactured article.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of indicating temperature, comprising the step of contacting a polymer as described in claim 9 with a heat source.
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