• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Diffraction analysis of highly ordered smectic supramolecules of conjugated rodlike polymers
  • Contributor: Knaapila, M. [Author]; Torkkeli, M. [Author]; Monkman, A. P. [Author]; Ikkala, O. [Author]; Serimaa, R. [Author]; Jokela, K. [Author]; Kisko, K. [Author]; Horsburgh, L. E. [Author]; Palsson, L.-O. [Author]; Seeck, O. [Author]; Dolbnya, I. P. [Author]; Bras, S. E. [Author]; ten Brinke, G. [Author]
  • imprint: Munksgaard, 2003
  • Published in: Journal of applied crystallography 36, 702 - 707 (2003). doi:10.1107/S0021889803003881
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889803003881
  • ISSN: 0021-8898
  • Keywords: small-angle X-ray scattering ; grazing incidence
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  • Description: A small/wide-angle X-ray scattering and grazing incidence diffraction study of comb-shaped supramolecules of conjugated poly(2,5-pyridinediyl), acid dopant and hydrogen bonded amphiphilic side chains is reported. In solution, polymers are dissolved rodlike particles. When the side-chains are introduced, polymers self-assemble in hierarchic liquid crystals (LC). Diffraction patterns of aligned LC show h00, 020, and 004 reflections, and additional small-angle reflections along the polymer axis. A triangular correlation function indicating a very large correlation length is seen along the smectic axis. An aligned solid structure can be formed by cleaving side chains from the aligned LC.
  • Access State: Open Access