Study of molecular structure and interactions in partially fluorinated liquid crystal by infrared spectroscopy

2000 ◽  
Vol 519 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Yakubov
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Liquid Crystal

scholarly journals Vertical Orientation of Liquid Crystal on 4-n-Alkyloxyphenoxymethyl-Substituted Polystyrene Containing Liquid Crystal Precursor

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 736
Author(s):  
Kyutae Seo ◽  
Hyo Kang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Surface Energy ◽  
Polymer Films ◽  
Ultraviolet Irradiation ◽  
Molar Fraction ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Polymer Modification ◽  
Vertical Orientation ◽  
Surface Energies

We synthesized a series of polystyrene derivatives that were modified with precursors of liquid crystal (LC) molecules, such as 4-ethyloxyphenol (homopolymer PEOP and copolymer PEOP#; # = 20, 40, 60, and 80, where # indicates the molar fraction of 4-ethyloxyphenoxymethyl in the side chain), 4-n-butyloxyphenol (PBOP), 4-n-hexyloxyphenol (PHOP), and 4-n-octyloxyphenol (POOP), via polymer modification reaction to investigate the orientation of LC molecules on polymer films, exhibiting part of the LC molecular structure. LC molecules showed a stable and uniform vertical orientation in LC cells fabricated with polymers that have 4-ethyloxyphenoxymethyl in the range of 40–100 mol%. In addition, similar results were obtained in LC cells fabricated with homopolymers of PEOP, PBOP, PHOP, and POOP. The vertical orientation of LC molecules in LC cells fabricated with polymer films correlated to the surface energy of polymer films. For example, vertical LC orientation was observed when the total surface energies of the polymer films were lower than approximately 43.2 mJ/m2. Good alignment stabilities were observed at 150 °C and 20 J/cm2 of ultraviolet irradiation for LC cells fabricated with PEOP film.

scholarly journals Influence of alkyl chain length and fluorine atoms substitution on infrared spectra of chiral liquid crystalline esters

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Anna Drzewicz ◽  
Marzena Tykarska ◽  
Magdalena Żurowska
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Crystalline Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Alkyl Chain ◽  
Alkyl Chain Length ◽  
Rigid Core ◽  
Helicoidal Structure

The infrared spectra were registered for series of three-ring liquid crystalline esters, differing in the structure of alkyl chain, in the substitution of benzene ring by fluorine atoms and in the type of helicoidal structure in the chiral smectic CA phase with antiferroelectric properties. The influence of molecular structure on the shift of signals coming from carbonyl group, located in the rigid core, was observed. Keywords: liquid crystals, helicoidal structure, chiral smectic CA phase, antiferroelectric crystalline phase, infrared spectroscopy

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