An ordered ladder polyester （LPE） was first synthesized through the ladder superstructure （LS） constructed by concerted interactions of hydroxyl- and aramide-based H-bonding and p-terphenyl （TP）-based π-stacking by dehydrochlorination condensation using phosgene （COCl2） as coupling agent. LPE was characterized by GPC, FTIR, NMR, XRD, DSC and AFM. Among them, a distinct image of regularly linear alignment corresponding to the ladder main chain of LPE was first revealed by high-resolution AFM.
A novel soluble and reactive amide-bridged ladderlike polyhydrosiloxane （ALPHS） was first synthesized by an amido H-bonding self-assembled template. ALPHS with molecular weight M^-a = 18300 has very highly ordered ladderlike structure, which was confirmed by a sharp resonance absorption peak of [-Si（H）O2/2 ] moiety with the half peak width △1/2 〈 0.5 in^29Si-NMR spectrum. Presence of the reactive Si-H groups gives ALPHS an opportunity to further derive a variety of functional polymers by versatile Si-H reactions such as hydrosilylation, condensation, and so on.
A novel soluble, reactive ladder-like polysilsesquioxane (L) with lateral bromophenyl groups was synthesized successfully by stepwise coupling polymerization (SCP) method including preaminolysis, hydrolysis and polycondensation steps. The monomer 3-trichlorosilylpropoxy-4-bromobenzene (M) was first prepared via hydrosilylation reaction catalyzed by dicyclopentadienylplatinum dichloride (Cp2PtCl2). The title polymer (L) was characterized by 1H-NMR, 29Si-NMR, FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), DSC and vapor pressure osmometry (VPO). The experimental results indicate that the polymer (L) possesses a typical ladder-like structure.
Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy was first utilized to study the photo-orientation behaviour of the photoreactive groups on a novel photo-alignment film surface and elucidate the generation mechanism of pretilt angle. The novel photo-alignment film was prepared by spin-coating a solution of ladderlike polysiloxane (LPS) bearing dual photoreactive group on an ITO surface and by irradiation with linear-polarized ultraviolet (LPUV) light A Si—H terminal compound (M) containing an identical photosensitive part has been used to fabricate a model film for SERS investigation.
A highly ordered m-phenylenediimino-bridged ladder polyhydrosiloxane （abbr. OLPHS） with Mn = 1.24 × 10^4 was synthesized stoichiometric hydrolysis and dehydrochlorination condensation reaction between Si-Cl and Si-OH bonds. The complete ladder structure of OLPHS has been confirmed by the following three data. Two characteristic Bragg＇s peaks representing the ladder width （w = 0.94 nm） and ladder thickness （t = 0.42 nm） were observed in XRD analysis, which are consistent with those calculated by molecular simulation. The very sharp absorption with a small half-peak width （w1/2 = 0.5 ppm） for [（-HN）HSiO2/2]n moiety of OLPHS in ^29Si NMR spectrum indicated presence of the complete ladder structure. As collateral evidence, a higher glass transition temperature （Tg = 105 ℃） is also recorded in the DSC measurement, implying the high stiffness of ladder chain of OLPHS.
Kui Lin DengTao Yi ZhangXiao Jing ZhangPing XieRong Ben Zhang
A novel soluble regular ladder poly（benzoyl-3-aminopropyl） silsesquioxane （LPBAS） was facilely prepared under effective assistance of concerted H-bonding self-assembly of amido groups of side chains and silanol groups, respectively, of a new template monomer [1,3-bis（benzoyl-3-aminopropyl）-1,1,3,3-tetraethoxydisiloxane] （M）. The ordered ladder structure of LPBAS is manifested in： （1） the presence of two Bragg peaks representing the ladder width （d） and ladder thickness （t） in X-ray diffraction （XRD） pattern; （2） narrow base-line width （w = 6） of resonance absorption for -CH2SiO3/2 moiety in 29Si-NMR and （3） high glass transition temperature Tg = 1 12℃ in differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） analysis.
A novel ordered reactive oligomeric ladderlike copolymethyl-aminopropylsilsesquioxane(Me-AP-T),was successfully synthesized by an efficient hydrosilylation graft reaction of 1,1,1-trimethyl-N-2-propenyl-silanamine with a reactive oligomeric ladderlike copolymethyl-hydrosilsesquioxane(Me-H-T),which was prepared by“supramolecular chemistry-dictated stepwise coupling polymerization”process.FT-IR,~1H-and ^(29)Si-NMR spectra show that hydrosilylation reaction proceeds completely.Moreover,~1H-NMR spectra also indicate that both the molar ratios of≡SiMe group to Si—H and≡SiMe group to≡SiPrNH_2 are approximately 1:1 respectively based on the ratio of integrated resonance areas of the different groups.XRD analysis and ^(29)Si-NMR spectra are used for investigating the ladderlike structure of the polymers.A high T_g(128.38℃)of Me-AP-T shown in DSC measurement implies that the ordered reactive Me-AP-T macromolecules have much stiff chains.
