For the development of solution-processable functional materials, it is significant to increase the solubilities of the materials for organic solvents, retaining ordered structures of functional π-conjugated units during an evaporation process of solvents. For this purpose, not only a design of π-conjugated functional units but also a design of side chains is indispensable. In addition to alkyl side chains utilized for liquid crystals and conjugated polymers, oligosiloxane, oligoethylene oxide, perfluoroalkyl side chains are discussed in this review. Oligosiloxane side chains remarkably increase the solubilities of π-conjugated liquid crystals and conjugated polymers while the side chains promote self-organization of π-conjugated units to enhance their functions. In the thin films of the liquid crystals and conjugated polymers bearing cycloterasiloxane rings, liquid crystalline nanosegregated structures can be immobilized by an exposure to acid vapors. Oligoethylene oxide chains...

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基于侧链设计的可溶液处理的电子和氧化还原活性液晶

对于可溶液加工的功能材料的开发，重要的是增加材料对有机溶剂的溶解度，在溶剂的蒸发过程中保持功能性π共轭单元的有序结构。为此，不仅π-共轭功能单元的设计而且侧链的设计都是必不可少的。除了用于液晶和共轭聚合物的烷基侧链，在本综述中还讨论了低聚硅氧烷，低聚环氧乙烷，全氟烷基侧链。寡硅氧烷侧链显着增加了π共轭液晶和共轭聚合物的溶解度，而侧链则促进了π共轭单元的自组织化，从而增强了它们的功能。在带有环叔硅氧烷环的液晶和共轭聚合物的薄膜中，可以通过暴露于酸蒸气来固定液晶纳米分离的结构。低聚环氧乙烷链...