Photoactive Liquid Crystalline Polymers as Multifunctional Materials

David Creed, University of Southern Mississippi
Anselm C. Griffin, University of Southern Mississippi
Charles E. Hoyle, University of Southern Mississippi
Krishnan Venkataram, University of Southern Mississippi

Abstract

UV-VIS spectral comparison with model compounds and isolation of the major product from preparative photolysis of one of the models has been used to show that the predominant photochemical reactions in the solid state of an aryl cinnamate polymer are 2+2 cycloaddition and photo-Fries rearrangement.