Matrices based on acrylic liquid-crystalline copolymers for the design of composites with quantum dots

Abstract

Acrylic ternary cholesteric copolymers that selectively reflect light in a wide temperature range and carry functional carboxyl groups are synthesized and characterized. As shown by X-ray diffraction analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, optical microscopy, spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, the cholesteric structure is formed in the copolymers. The optical properties of the copolymers are investigated. It is shown that homogeneous nanocomposites, in which the liquid-crystalline order is preserved, may be created.