scholarly journals Study of Azo Dye-n TPEB Mixtures in the Nematic and Smectic B Phases by Means of Polarized Light Absorption

1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 813-818
Author(s):  
Danuta Bauman ◽  
Ewa Chrzumnicka ◽  
Roman Dąbrowskia
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Azo Dye ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
Phase Transition Temperatures ◽  
Clearing Temperature

Abstract The influence of the dichroic azo dye on the phase transition temperatures of the mesogenic homolo-gous series of 1-[4-n-alkyl-biphenyl]-2-[4-isothio-cyanatophenyl] ethane (nTPEB) for n = 2 -10 has been examined. For the dye-nTPEB mixtures the polarized absorption spectra as a function of tem-perature have been recorded. From these spectra the order parameter of the dye dissolved in the liquid crystalline hosts in the whole region of the nematic phase has been determined. The order parameter has revealed the odd-even alternation, similarly as the clearing temperature. In the smectic B phase the mosaic texture has been observed and conclusions concerning structural form of this phase have been drawn.

scholarly journals Order Parameters, Orientational Distribution Functions and Heliconical Tilt Angles of Oligomeric Liquid Crystals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Mandle ◽  
John W. Goodby
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Orientational Distribution

We compare the order parameters, orientational distribution functions (ODF) and heliconical tilt angles of the TB phase exhibited by a liquid-crystalline dimer (CB7CB) to a tetramer (O47) and hexamer (O67) by SAXS/WAXS. Following the N-TB phase transition we find that all order parameters decrease, and while 〈P2 〉 remains positive 〈P4 〉 becomes negative. For all three materials the order parameter 〈P6 〉 is near zero in both phases. The ODF is sugarloaf-like in the nematic phase and volcano-like in the TB phase, allowing us to estimate the heliconical tilt angle of each material and its thermal evolution. The heliconical tilt angle appears to be largely independent of the material studied despite the differing number of mesogenic units.

Structure and Thermal Behaviour of a Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polyimide (PI-LC)

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tanaka ◽  
M Konda ◽  
M Miyamoto ◽  
Y Kimura ◽  
A Yamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Isotropic Phase ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Smectic A Phase

Anomalous solid structures formed by a thermotropic liquid crystalline polyimide (PI-LC) were investigated by thermal analysis, polarized light microscopy and x-ray analysis. It was revealed that PI-LC should undergo a phase transition from the crystalline to the isotropic phase through the smectic or nematic phase in the temperature range 277–300 °C. The PI-LC filament extruded at 280 °C, at which temperature the polymer was in liquid crystalline phase, was formed to have a structure similar to the smectic C phase, while that extruded and melt-drawn at 310 °C, at which temperature the polymer was in the isotropic phase, had a structure similar to the smectic A phase.

scholarly journals Order Parameters, Orientational Distribution Functions and Heliconical Tilt Angles of Oligomeric Liquid Crystals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Mandle ◽  
John W. Goodby
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Orientational Distribution

We compare the order parameters, orientational distribution functions (ODF) and heliconical tilt angles of the TB phase exhibited by a liquid-crystalline dimer (CB7CB) to a tetramer (O47) and hexamer (O67) by SAXS/WAXS. Following the N-TB phase transition we find that all order parameters decrease, and while 〈P2 〉 remains positive 〈P4 〉 becomes negative. For all three materials the order parameter 〈P6 〉 is near zero in both phases. The ODF is sugarloaf-like in the nematic phase and volcano-like in the TB phase, allowing us to estimate the heliconical tilt angle of each material and its thermal evolution. The heliconical tilt angle appears to be largely independent of the material studied despite the differing number of mesogenic units.

scholarly journals PHASE TRANSITION STUDIES OF CHOLESTERYL PALMITATE, CHOLESTERYL DECANOATE AND THEIR MIXTURES USING DIELECTRIC, EPR AND DTA TECHNIQUES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 210-223
Author(s):  
Sanjai Misra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Paramagnetic Resonance ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Phase Transition Temperatures ◽  
Cholesteryl Palmitate ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials ◽  
Electron Paramagnetic

The phase transition of two liquid crystalline materials, namely cholesteryl palmitate and cholesteryl decanoate and their mixtures (by weight)are studied using dielectric, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) techniques. From the dielectric measurements, the phase transition temperatures were determined from the discontinuities in the curve between dielectric constant and temperatures for all the samples investigated. Further, since mixing of two liquid crystals modifies the transition of phases, the measurements were carried out on the mixtures of the two liquid crystals. Order parameter for each sample was calculated at varying temperatures by measuring the hyperfine splitting of three line EPR spectrums. The discontinuities in the curve between order parameter and the temperature again indicated the phase transition of the liquid crystals and their mixtures. A DTA study on these samples was also carried out in order to probe further their transitional behaviour. The DTA records of both the liquid crystals and their mixtures support the transition behaviour observed from the dielectric and EPR measurements.

4(4-Alkyloxybenzoyloxy)-4' -cyanoazobenzole: Eine homologe Reihe flüssigkristalliner Verbindungen mit der ungewöhnlichen Phasenfolge smektisch A-nematisch-smektisch A / 4(4-Alkyloxybenzoyloxy)-4'-cyanoazobenzenes: A Homologous Series of Liquid Crystals Exhibiting the Unusual Phase Sequence Smectic A -Nematic -Smectic A

1980 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1384-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Heppke ◽  
Reinhard Hopf ◽  
Bernd Kohne ◽  
Klaus Praefcke
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Homologous Series ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Alkyl Chain ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Alkyl Chain Length ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Phase Sequence ◽  
Phase Transition Temperatures

The synthesis and the phase transition temperatures of homologous liquid crystalline 4(4-alkyloxybenzoyloxy)-4'-cyanoazobenzenes with alkyl chain length n = 1-12 and n = 16 are reported. All compounds exhibit smectic A phases; the SA phase region being interrupted by a "re-entrant" nematic phase for alkyl chain lengath n ≥ 9.

Synthesis and Properties of Biodegradable Liquid Crystalline Poly(ester-Urethane)s Based on Poly(L-Lactic Acid)

2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 459-462
Author(s):  
Ya Tong Guo ◽  
Zhu Zheng ◽  
Zhen Qi Hou ◽  
Jie Du
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Degradation Rate ◽  
Hydrolytic Degradation ◽  
Hexamethylene Diisocyanate ◽  
Solution Polymerization ◽  
Phase Transition Temperatures

A series of biodegradable segmented liquid crystalline poly(ester-urethane)s were prepared by solution polymerization of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), mesogenic diol prepolymer poly(butylene terephthaloyldioxy dibenzoates) (MD), and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). The MD content was varied from 0 to 40 mol% so that the effects of the mesogen content on the thermal and physical properties, and hydrolytic degradation were examined respectively. It was found that introducing mesogens units could increase the thermal stability and the elastic properties, while reduced the phase transition temperatures and the hydrolytic degradation rate.

Hydrogen bonding liquid crystalline benzoic acids with alkylthio groups: phase transition behavior and insights into the cybotactic nematic phase

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (14) ◽  
pp. 6514-6522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Arakawa ◽  
Yukito Sasaki ◽  
Kazunobu Igawa ◽  
Hideto Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Benzoic Acids ◽  
Phase Transition Behavior ◽  
Transition Behavior

A novel class of hydrogen bonding liquid crystalline benzoic acids with alkylthio groups was established and their phase transition behavior was investigated in detail.

scholarly journals Perylene-like Dyes in Liquid Crystalline Media

1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Mykowska ◽  
Danuta Bauman
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Fluorescent Dyes ◽  
Liquid Crystal Display ◽  
Isotropic Phase ◽  
Display Devices ◽  
Electrooptical Properties ◽  
Derivatives Of

Abstract The spectral and electrooptical properties of some dichroic fluorescent dyes (derivatives of 3.4,9,10-perylenetetracorboxylic acid and of 3,4,9-perylenetricarboxylic acid) in isotropic solvents and nematic liquid crystals have been studied. The order parameter of the dyes in the anisotropic matrices has been determined by means of optical spectroscopy methods. Moreover, the influence of the dye addition on the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature of the pure host has been investigated. It was found that some of the dyes studied can be utilized in guest-host liquid crystal display devices.

Thermoassisted Photorecording in Chiral Smectic Azodye Copolymers

2001 ◽  
Vol 709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Kozlovsky ◽  
Wolfgang Haase ◽  
Matthias Rehahn
Keyword(s):  
Order Parameter ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Holographic Gratings ◽  
Copolymer Films ◽  
Shock Heating ◽  
Mesophase Formation ◽  
Photoinduced Birefringence ◽  
High Diffraction Efficiency ◽  
High Diffraction

ABSTRACTIllumination of photochromic liquid-crystalline (PCLC) copolymer films with polarized light during the mesophase formation has been studied. Both thick pressed and thin spin-coated, the films show prominent increase in photoinduced orientation, as compared with conventional isothermal photorecording. Two methods of the thermoassisted recording have been suggested, one of those with simultaneous cooling of the film and another one after a shock heating and quenching. The photoinduced birefringence, Δnind, and the order parameter of photochromic groups, Sazo, have been measured. The thermally assisted recording produces holographic gratings with high diffraction efficiency, η, up to 20-30%.

Molecular Ordering in Nematic MBCA and EPAPU

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
S. Sreehari Sastry ◽  
V. Venkata Rao ◽  
P. Narayana Murty ◽  
G. Satyanandam ◽  
T. F. Sundar Raj
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Spin Probe ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Experimental Techniques ◽  
First Order ◽  
Molecular Ordering

AbstractBy EPR, two nematic liquid crystals (MBCA and EPAPU) were investigated using a steroidal nitroxide spin probe. In both liquid crystals the isotropic-nematic phase transition is of first order. The observed variation of the order parameter with temperature is compared with predictions from the Maier-Saupe and Humphries-James-Luckhurst models and with results obtained by several other experimental techniques.

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