Thermal properties and ionic conductivity for (liquid crystalline polymer/alkali metal salt) mixture systems

Abstract

A smectic phase was induced for the mixture of non-mesomorphic side chain type polyethers with alkali metal salts. Complexation the side chain type polyethers with the metal salt was detected by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, and these mixtures had ionic conductivity. Therefore in order to clarify the relationship between ionic conductivity and liquid crystalline property for the mixture of mesomorphic and non-mesomorphic side chain type polyethers with alkali metal salts, we have investigated the ionic conductivity of side chain type polyethers-LiC1O_4 mixtures.