我们前期的合成和实验发现,对于一系列含端烯氧基醚链的苯并菲分子,它们没有分子间氢键,其生成的液晶的清亮点的高低与端烯氧基醚链的数目有关.本工作采用Gay.Berne势模拟液晶分子的双体势,用量子化学和分子力学相结合的ONIOM(MP2/6—31G*(0.25):UFF)方法优化含端烯氧基醚链的苯并菲分子的单体和双体的构型和能量,从而获得Gay-Berne势的参数.在此基础上,根据平均场理论,解一个关于序参量和温度的积分方程,求出液晶的清亮点.计算结果与实验趋势相同,可以解释清亮点和分子端烯氧基醚链数目的关系.
In the mean field approximation, it is assumed that each molecule is subjected to an average internal field, which is independent of any local variations or short-range ordering. The orientational energy of a molecule may be postulated as u(θ,S)=-aSg(θ), where θ is the angle which the molecular axis makes with the preferred axis, and S is the order parameter. The Gay-Berne potential was proved to be of consider- able value in computer simulation studies of liquid crystals. The potential function g(θ) was tried to form by using the Gay-Berne functional. According to our experimental studies for the triphenylene derivatives with vinyloxy peripheral chains, which are abbreviated as C18H6(OC5H11)6- n(OC2H4OCH=CH2), (n=0-3), the more unsaturated chain the molecule contains, the higher the clear point is. These molecules have been stud- ied with an ONIOM(MP2/6-31G*(0.25):UFF) method. The interaction energies between two molecules in four configurations have been evaluated. Then the parameters in the Gay-Berne potential have been determined by comparison with these interaction energies. The clear point data obtained from the mean field approximation are in agreement with the experimental results.