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Matsumoto K, Iwata N, Furumi S. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Thermally Stable Reflection Color from Mixtures of Completely Etherified Ethyl Cellulose Derivative and Methacrylic Acid. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:401. [PMID: 38337288 DOI: 10.3390/polym16030401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Cellulose derivatives have attracted attention as environmentally friendly materials that can exhibit a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) phase with visible light reflection. Previous reports have shown that the chemical structures and the degrees of substitution of cellulose derivatives have significant influence on their reflection properties. Although many studies have been reported on CLC using ethyl cellulose (EC) derivatives in which the hydroxy groups are esterified, there have been no studies on EC derivatives with etherified side chains. In this article, we optimized the Williamson ether synthesis to introduce pentyl ether groups in the EC side chain. The degree of substitution with pentyl ether group (DSPe), confirmed via 1H-NMR spectroscopic measurements, was controlled using the solvent and the base concentration in this synthesis. All the etherified EC derivatives were soluble in methacrylic acid (MAA), allowing for the preparation of lyotropic CLCs with visible reflection. Although the reflection peak of lyotropic CLCs generally varies with temperature, the reflection peak of lyotropic CLCs of completely etherified EC derivatives with MAA could almost be preserved in the temperature range from 30 to 110 °C even without the aid of any crosslinking. Such thermal stability of the reflection peak of CLCs may be greatly advantageous for fabricating new photonic devices with eco-friendliness.
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- Kazuma Matsumoto
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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Ogiwara Y, Iwata N, Furumi S. Dominant Factors Affecting Rheological Properties of Cellulose Derivatives Forming Thermotropic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Visible Reflection. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054269. [PMID: 36901701 PMCID: PMC10002051 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) derivatives with alkanoyl side chains are known to form thermotropic cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) with visible reflection. Although the widely investigated CLCs are requisite for tedious syntheses of chiral and mesogenic compounds from precious petroleum resources, the HPC derivatives easily prepared from biomass resources would contribute to the realization of environment-friendly CLC devices. In this study, we report the linear rheological behavior of thermotropic CLCs of HPC derivatives possessing alkanoyl side chains of different lengths. In addition, the HPC derivatives have been synthesized by the complete esterification of hydroxy groups in HPC. The master curves of these HPC derivatives were almost identical at reference temperatures, with their light reflection at 405 nm. The relaxation peaks appeared at an angular frequency of ~102 rad/s, suggesting the motion of the CLC helical axis. Moreover, the dominant factors affecting the rheological properties of HPC derivatives were strongly dependent on the CLC helical structures. Further, this study provides one of the most promising fabrication strategies for the highly oriented CLC helix by shearing force, which is indispensable to the development of advanced photonic devices with eco-friendliness.
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- Correspondence: (N.I.); (S.F.); Tel.: +81-3-3260-4271 (N.I. & S.F.)
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- Correspondence: (N.I.); (S.F.); Tel.: +81-3-3260-4271 (N.I. & S.F.)
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Ogiwara Y, Suzuki T, Iwata N, Furumi S. Room-Temperature Cholesteric Liquid Crystals of Cellulose Derivatives with Visible Reflection. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 15:polym15010168. [PMID: 36616518 PMCID: PMC9824885 DOI: 10.3390/polym15010168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) derivatives with alkanoyl side chains have attracted attention as bio-based cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) materials with reflection colors. By taking advantage of the ability to change the reflection color in response to external stimuli, the thermotropic CLCs can be applied to a wide variety of photonic devices for a sustainable society of future generations. However, the thermotropic CLCs of HPC derivatives substituted with only one kind of alkanoyl group are not suitable for such applications because they do not exhibit visible reflection at room temperature. In this report, we describe a promising strategy to control the reflection colors of HPC derivatives at room temperature by introducing two kinds of alkanoyl groups with different lengths into the side chains of HPCs, which also enables the fine control of temperature dependence on the reflection wavelength. By chemically optimizing the side chain, we successfully prepared room-temperature thermotropic CLCs of HPC derivatives with visible reflection. This report would contribute toward the development of versatile photonic applications by CLCs produced from biomass.
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Matsumoto K, Ogiwara Y, Iwata N, Furumi S. Rheological Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal with Visible Reflection from an Etherified Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Derivative. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14102059. [PMID: 35631940 PMCID: PMC9144066 DOI: 10.3390/polym14102059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Optical properties of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) derivatives have been widely investigated for their ability to exhibit cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) phase. However, there are only a limited number of studies on their rheological properties even though they are quite important for the applications of such HPC derivatives to the versatile CLC photonic devices. In this article, we report on the optical and rheological properties of an HPC derivative possessing pentyl ether groups in the side-chains. The etherified HPC derivative exhibited thermotropic CLC phase with light reflection in the temperature range between 25 °C and 120 °C. After the HPC derivative was heated once at isotropic phase, followed by being cooled to the CLC phase, the reflection peak could not be observed, even at the CLC phase. At this stage, the HPC derivative exhibited solid-like rheological responses compared to that of sheared at a constant shear rate of 1.0 s−1. Such differences in the optical and rheological properties of the HPC derivative can be ascribed to the difference in CLC orientation state. From the rheological results, the etherified HPC derivative showed liquid-like behavior rather than the esterified HPC derivatives. This evidence provides a promising clue for fabricating high-quality CLC devices by the facile CLC orientation.
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- Correspondence: (N.I.); (S.F.); Tel.: +81-3-3260-4271 (N.I & S.F.)
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- Correspondence: (N.I.); (S.F.); Tel.: +81-3-3260-4271 (N.I & S.F.)
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Ogiwara Y, Iwata N, Furumi S. Viscoelastic Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals from Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Derivatives. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2021. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.34.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuki Ogiwara
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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Saito S, Hayata K, Furumi S. Cholesteric Liquid Crystals from Cellulose Derivatives with Alkyl Ether Groups. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2020. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.33.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Seina Saito
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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Hayata K, Furumi S. Side Chain Effect of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Derivatives on Reflection Properties. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11101696. [PMID: 31623193 PMCID: PMC6835709 DOI: 10.3390/polym11101696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Some cellulose derivatives are known to exhibit thermotropic and lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) phases with a visible reflection feature by changing the side chains and mixing with specific solvents, respectively. Although many studies have been reported so far, most of the derivatives have the side chains of linear alkyl groups, but not the bulky phenyl groups. In this report, we synthesized a series of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) derivatives that possessed both linear propionyl esters and bulky (trifluoromethyl)phenyl carbamates in the side chains. The reflection peaks of HPC derivatives shifted to longer wavelengths upon heating due to an increase in the CLC helical pitch. Such thermally induced shifting behavior of the reflection peak was crucially dependent on not only the propionyl esterification degree, but also the substituents in the side chains of HPC derivatives. When the side chains of HPC were chemically modified with both propionyl esters and bulky substituents such as 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl carbamates, the reflection peaks emerged at longer wavelengths at the same temperature. This probably happened because of the steric hindrance of bulky side chains, as supported by the empirical molecular modeling calculation. Although the occupied volumes of (trifluoromethyl)phenyl groups were independent of the CLC phase temperature with visible Bragg reflection, the substituent position, i.e., substituent orientation of trifluoromethyl groups affected the CLC phase temperature. Moreover, we found that the hydrogen bonds between carbamate moieties in the HPC side chains play an important role in the thermally induced shift of reflection peaks.
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- Kenichiro Hayata
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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Fukawa M, Kawaguchi A, Hayata K, Aoki R, Furukawa M, Furumi S. Syntheses and Properties of Cellulosic Derivatives for Reflection Color Films. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2019. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.32.633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Masashi Fukawa
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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Aoki R, Fukawa M, Furumi S. Preparation of the Color Films from Cellulose Derivatives in a Diacrylate Liquid. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2019. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.32.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ruri Aoki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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Kawaguchi A, Aoki R, Hayata K, Furukawa M, Fukawa M, Furumi S. Fabrication of Human-Friendly Liquid Crystal Materials with α-Ionone. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2019. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.32.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Akane Kawaguchi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science
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Hayata K, Suzuki T, Fukawa M, Furumi S. Thermotropic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals from Cellulose Derivatives with Ester and Carbamate Groups. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2019. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.32.645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kenichiro Hayata
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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Fukawa M, Suzuki K, Furumi S. Disappearance of Reflection Color by Photopolymerization of Lyotropic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals from Cellulose Derivatives. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2018. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.31.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Masashi Fukawa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
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