Ionically conducting and photoresponsive liquid crystalline terpolymers: towards multifunctional polymer electrolytes

Laura Vanti, Sakinah Mohd Alauddin, Daniel Zaton, Nurul Fadhilah Kamalul Aripin, Marco Giacinti-Baschetti, Corrie T. Imrie, Amparo Ribes-Greus, Alfonso Martinez-Felipe* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

We have prepared a series of new ionically conducting polymer electrolytes consisting of side-chain liquid crystal terpolymers with mesogenic azobenzenes, sulfonic acid groups and methyl methacrylate. The poly[10-(4-methoxyazobenzene -4’-oxy)decyl methacrylate]-co-poly[2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid]-co-poly[methyl methacrylate]s, 10-MeOAzB/AMPS/MMA terpolymers, were synthesised by a one-pot conventional radical polymerisation. All samples were characterised by NMR, GPC/SEC, FT-IR, POM, XRD, DSC, UV-visible spectrophotometry and EIS. The terpolymers have light responsive properties, and exhibit liquid crystallinity over a wide range of compositions. Above a certain threshold of AMPS content, the 10-MeOAzB/AMPS/MMA terpolymers exhibit ionic conductivities in the 10-8-10-4 Scm-1 range, with signs of decoupling of ionic mobility from segmental motions of the polymer.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)124-132
Number of pages9
JournalEuropean Polymer Journal
Volume109
Early online date23 Aug 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

Bibliographical note

ARG and AMF thank the financial support of the Generalitat Valenciana, through the Grisolia and Forteza programs, and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the Research Projects ENE2007-67584-C03 and UPOVCE-3E-013 and the awarding of two FPI and FPU pre-doctoral grants. AMF and NFKA would like to thank the Royal Academy of Engineering for the award of the Newton Research Collaboration Programme grant NRCP1516/4/61. AMF acknowledges the School of Engineering of the University of Aberdeen for financial support.

Keywords

  • side-chain liquid crystal polymers
  • polymer electrolytes
  • light responsive materials

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