Blue Fluorescent Liquid Crystal N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-n-alkoxybenzenamine

2011 ◽  
Vol 181-182 ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Bao Gai Zhai ◽  
Rui Xiong ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang

Rod-like liquid crystals N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-n-alkoxybenzenamine (MBnBA,n= 1, 2, 10) were synthesized and then were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry and fluorescence spectroscopy. Our results demonstrated that the dilute tetrahydrofuran solutions of each member in the family of MBnBA could give off blue fluorescence under the 325 nm excitation. The calculated electronic structures revealed that the fluorescence recorded at 469 nm (2.65 eV) was the result ofπ* →ntransitions in the molecules of the synthesized liquid crystals MBnBA.

2010 ◽  
Vol 663-665 ◽  
pp. 759-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang

A series of cholesterol liquid crystal compounds was synthesized. Phase-transition temperatures and mesomorphic textures of these synthesized compounds were characterized with differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy, respectively. In these molecules the terminal ester chains CnH2n-1COO-, where n was the number of carbon atoms in the terminal ester chains, were linked to the cholesterol core. All of the synthesized cholesterol compounds exhibited mesophases for the first heating. However, as temperature decreased from their clearing points, their micrographs can also be divided into two categories, the first category exhibits branch-like mesophase textures for n in the range of 1-10 while the second category exhibits branch-like crystal textures for n in the range of 11-18.


2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosmin-Constantin Huzum ◽  
Irina Carlescu ◽  
Gabriela Lisa ◽  
Dan Scutaru

The paper presents the synthesis and mesomorphic behavior of two new series of bent core liquid crystalline compounds based on a 1,3-dihydroxybezene core and containing a cholesteryl 6-oxyhexanoate wing. The two series were obtained by the esterification of the cholesteryl 6-(3-hydroxyphenoxy)hexanoate core with some 4-((4-(n-alkyloxy)phenyl)azo)benzoic acids (n-alkyl = n-hexyl ? n-dodecyl) or 4-(4-(n-alkyloxy)benzoyloxy)benzoic acids (n-alkyl = n-hexyl ? n-decyl). The esterification reactions were performed via the corresponding acyl chlorides or with the DCC / DMAP system. All the synthesized compounds evidenced enantiotropic liquid crystalline properties, with smectic type textures, when investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. Isotropisation and isotropic to liquid crystal transitions were relatively low (between 89 ? 1460C). The compounds containing the azo-aromatic linking group presented the largest range of stability of the mesophases (between 42 and 870C). All the investigated compounds were thermally stable in the existence range of the mesophases.


2010 ◽  
Vol 663-665 ◽  
pp. 787-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang

A bent-core liquid crystal compound N,N-bis (4-propoxybenzylidene)benzene- 1,3-diamine was synthesized. Phase transition properties of the synthesized compound with the deferent heating rate were characterized with differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. , respectively. Our results demonstrated that the bent-core compound exhibited the completely undivided multi-phases in heating-rate ranges from 1oC/min to 6oC/min while it showed a broad-peak crystal phase in higher heating-rate ranges of 7-10oC/min for the first heating.


2010 ◽  
Vol 428-429 ◽  
pp. 247-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Ming Huang ◽  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Bao Gai Zhai

The influence of cooling rate on the phase transitions of a three-benzene-ring containing bent-core liquid crystal 1,3-phenylene-bis[4-(hexylcarboyloxyl)benzylideneamine] has been investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. Our results show that the cooling rates in the second cooling run pose significant effects on the phase transitions of the bent-core liquid crystal despite the cooling rates in the first cooling run pose little effects on the phase transitions. In the second cooling run, the banana phases survived only when the cooling rates were in the range of 14~15oC/min whereas both slow cooling rates which were less than 13oC/min and fast cooling rates which were higher than 16oC/min made the banana phases disappeared.


2011 ◽  
Vol 181-182 ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lan Ma ◽  
Rui Xiong ◽  
Yuan Ming Huang

A typical liquid crystal (LC) N,N-(terephthalylidene) bis (4-decylbenzenamine) (TB10A) was firstly synthesized at room temperature. The synthesized LC TB10A were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometry, photoluminecence (PL) spectroscopy and electronic structure calculations. Upon the 325 nm excitation, the dilute tetrahydrofuran solutions of TB10A could give off blue PL. With Hückel tight-binding method, the electronic structures of the TB10A were calculated. Our results demonstrated that the deep-blue PL observed at about 489 nm (2.54 eV) can be assigned to theπ* →ntransition for the TB10A.


2011 ◽  
Vol 181-182 ◽  
pp. 193-196
Author(s):  
Chun Xiu Zhang ◽  
Jia Ling Pu ◽  
Hao Wu ◽  
Ao Zhang ◽  
Ming Xia Zhang ◽  
...  

In this study, a triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystal 3,6-dicarbethoxy-2,7,10,11-tetra-pentyloxytriphenylene was synthesized. The chemical structure was characterized by FTIR, 1HNMR.The mesophases of the material synthesized here was characterized by using polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was found that the compound displayed columnar phase during cooling at 164.7 °C and the columnar phase can be preserved even at room temperature. The charge transportation properties of the compound were measured by using time-of-flight method.


2010 ◽  
Vol 428-429 ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Ke Qing Zhao ◽  
Wen Hao Yu ◽  
Bi Qin Wang ◽  
Ping Hu

Series of semi-fluorinated chain liquid crystals with [1,2,3]-triazole rings have been synthesized with CuI-Et3N catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction. The selectively produced 1,4-disubstituted regioisomers were characterized by using IR, NMR, and Mass. The mesomorphic behaviors were characterized with polarizing optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Compounds with perfluorinated chains have showed smectic A phase.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danesh Roudini

Side-chain liquid crystalline polythiophenes were synthesised and the effects of the mesogenic units on the structure and electronic properties of the polymers were studied. The liquid crystal properties of the polymer films were studied using polarised hot-stage optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffractometry was used to investigate the effect of a magnetic field on the monomers and polymers.


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