Columnar Mesophases in Hybrid Organic−Inorganic Supramolecular Aggregates: Liquid Crystals of Fe, Cr, Mo, and W at Room Temperature, Built from Triazines and Metalloacid Complexes

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 3282-3289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silverio Coco ◽  
Carlos Cordovilla ◽  
Cristina Domínguez ◽  
Bertrand Donnio ◽  
Pablo Espinet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Columnar Mesophases ◽  
Supramolecular Aggregates

scholarly journals Room-Temperature Columnar Mesophases in Triazine-Gold Thiolate Metal-Organic Supramolecular Aggregates

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 5988-5995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Domínguez ◽  
Benoît Heinrich ◽  
Bertrand Donnio ◽  
Silverio Coco ◽  
Pablo Espinet
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Gold Thiolate ◽  
Columnar Mesophases ◽  
Supramolecular Aggregates

scholarly journals Dielectric Spectroscopy Analysis of Liquid Crystals Recovered from End-of-Life Liquid Crystal Displays

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2873
Author(s):  
Ana Barrera ◽  
Corinne Binet ◽  
Frédéric Dubois ◽  
Pierre-Alexandre Hébert ◽  
Philippe Supiot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Displays ◽  
Dielectric Anisotropy ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Spectroscopy Analysis ◽  
Diamond Nanoparticles ◽  
Nematic Phases ◽  
Universal Law

In the present work, the dielectric properties of recycled liquid crystals (LCs) (non-purified, purified, and doped with diamond nanoparticles at 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 wt%) were investigated. The studied LC mixtures were obtained from industrial recycling of end-of-life LC displays presenting mainly nematic phases. Dielectric measurements were carried out at room temperature on a frequency range from 0.1 to 106 Hz using an impedance analyzer. The amplitude of the oscillating voltage was fixed at 1 V using cells with homogeneous and homeotropic alignments. Results show that the dielectric anisotropy of all purified samples presents positive values and decreases after the addition of diamond nanoparticles to the LC mixtures. DC conductivity values were obtained by applying the universal law of dielectric response proposed by Jonscher. In addition, conductivity of the doped LC mixtures is lower than that of the undoped and non-purified LC.

scholarly journals Temperature-Dependent X-Ray Studies of Discotic Hexagonal Columnar Mesophases in Trinuclear Gold(I) Pyrazolate Complex

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-294
Author(s):  
Mohamad Azani Abd Khadir Jalani ◽  
Hendrik O. Lintang ◽  
Siew Ling Lee ◽  
Juan Matmin ◽  
Nur Fatiha Ghazalli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Gold Complex ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Columnar Mesophases ◽  
Hexagonal Columnar

Gold(I) pyrazolate complex ([Au3Pz3]C10TEG) has been widely studied due to its interesting liquid crystalline properties by exhibiting the discotic hexagonal columnar arrangement. Generally, the liquid crystalline properties of the gold complex were confirmed based on their differential scanning calorimetry thermogram and polarized optical microscopy (POM) images. However, there is still no in-depth study on the phase transition in liquid crystals of [Au3Pz3]C10TEG especially on its structural change at variable temperature. In this study, the resulting liquid crystalline properties of [Au3Pz3]C10TEG upon being heated and cooled was extensively demonstrated via variable-temperature POM (VT-POM) and small angle X-ray scattering (VT-SAXS). Based on the VT-POM images, it was indicated that [Au3Pz3]C10TEG displayed a fan-shaped texture for typical arrangements of discotic hexagonal columnar of liquid crystals. Moreover, VT-SAXS results was in good agreement with the VT-POM images as it showed that [Au3Pz3]C10TEG might consist of two types of stacking system, which are ordered and disordered hexagonal discotic arrangements. Likewise, VT-SAXS analysis also demonstrated that hexagonal columnar mesophase of [Au3Pz3]C10TEG could be recovered even after the heating and cooling for two cycles.

Uv Curable Liquid Crystals and Their Application

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Takatsu ◽  
H. Hasebe
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Light Scattering ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Polymer Network ◽  
Driving Voltage ◽  
Uv Curable ◽  
Good Thermal Stability ◽  
Photo Polymerization ◽  
Smectic A

AbstractSome classes of liquid crystalline monoacrylates having no methylene spacers in a side chain have been prepared. The liquid crystalline monoacrylates have effects to reduce the driving voltage and the hysteresis for a light scattering display of Polymer Network liquid crystals prepared by photo-polymerization-induced phase separation.By photo-polymerization of a chiral monoacrylate monomer in a nematic liquid crystalline host including a black dichroic dye, a polarizer free reflective Spiral Polymer Aligned Nematic (SPAN) Guest Host (GH) LCD exhibiting a low driving voltage has been fabricated. The effect of the spiral polymers made of some kinds of chiral monoacrylates for a Super Twisted Nematic (STN) LCD using SPAN liquid crystals is discussed.UV-curable liquid crystals showing nematic phases at room temperature have been developed. By in situ photo-polymerization, the UV-curable liquid crystals can be utilized for the retardation film with high quality and good thermal stability. The fabrication of various kinds of retardation film using the UV-curable liquid crystals is discussed.UV-curable liquid crystals having isotropic-nematic-smectic A phase sequence have been developed and the photo-polymerization at the state of their uniaxially oriented smectic A phases at room temperature is discussed. The polymerized film is optically uniaxial and transparent without light scattering.

Discotic liquid crystals of transition metal complexes 38†: peripheral chain substituent position effect on columnar mesophase and stacking structures of novel phthalocyanine-based liquid crystals

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (07) ◽  
pp. 503-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Ichihara ◽  
Ayumi Suzuki ◽  
Kazuaki Hatsusaka ◽  
Kazuchika Ohta
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Position Effect ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Central Core ◽  
Ortho Position ◽  
Discotic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Isotropic Liquid ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Phenoxy Group ◽  
Columnar Mesophases

In order to clarify the peripheral chain substitution position effect on columnar mesophase and stacking structures, we have synthesized three novel series of discotic liquid crystals (1-3) having octakis(phenoxy)phthalocyaninato copper(II) as a central core and one peripheral chain at the para position (1), meta position (2) or ortho position (3) of each phenoxy group, and three more novel series of discotic liquid crystals (4-6) having the same central core and two peripheral chains at para and meta positions (4), meta and meta positions (5) or ortho and meta positions (6) of each phenoxy group. Their columnar mesophase and stacking structures were investigated with a polarizing optical microscope, a differential scanning calorimeter and a temperature-dependent X-ray diffractometer. According to the results, their columnar mesophase and stacking structures strongly depended on the peripheral chain substitution positions and the number of peripheral chains. Derivatives 3 and 5 are viscous isotropic liquid at room temperature. Derivatives 1, 2, 4 and 6 exhibit various kinds of columnar mesophases: 1 Colhd; 2 Colhd and Colho; 4 Colhd, Colrd(P21/a), Coltet.d and Cub ( Pn [ three bar ] m ); 6 Colhd, Colrd(P21/a) and Colrd(X). Moreover, derivatives 1, 4 and 6 exhibit disordered columnar mesophases. However, derivative 2 only exhibits an ordered columnar mesophase and its X-ray diffraction pattern shows a sharp reflection corresponding to a very short intracolumnar stacking distance of 3.33 Å. Thus, we can drastically change the mesophase and stacking structures by the peripheral chain substitution positions and the number of peripheral chains at each phenoxy group. This is a new way of controlling mesomorphic structure.

Room temperature 10 MHz electro‐optic modulation in ferroelectric liquid crystals

1993 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 934-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian‐Yu Liu ◽  
Kristina M. Johnson ◽  
Michael G. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals ◽  
Electro Optic

Pattern Formation During the Growth of Liquid Crystal Phases

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Oswald ◽  
John Bechhoefer ◽  
Francisco Melo
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Unit Vector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Anisotropic Plastic ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Crystal Phases ◽  
Columnar Mesophases

Liquid crystals, discovered just a century ago, have wide application to electrooptic displays and thermography. Their physical properties have also made them fascinating materials for more fundamental research.The name “liquid crystals” is actually a misnomer for what are more properly termed “mesophases,” that is, phases having symmetries intermediate between ordinary solids and liquids. There are three major classes of liquid crystals: nematics, smectics, and columnar mesophases. In nematics, although there is no correlation between positions of the rodlike molecules, the molecules tend to lie parallel along a common axis, labeled by a unit vector (or director) n. Smectics are more ordered. The molecules are also rodlike and are in layers. Different subtypes of smectics (labeled, for historical reasons, smectic A, smectic B,…) have layers that are more or less organized. In the smectic A phase, the layers are fluid and can glide easily over each other. In the smectic B phase, the layers have hexagonal ordering and strong interlayer corrélations. Indeed, the smectic B phase is more a highly anisotropic plastic crystal than it is a liquid crystal. Finally, columnar mesophases are obtained with disklike molecules. These molecules can stack up in columns which are themselves organized in a two-dimensional array. There is no positional correlation between molecules in one column and molecules in the other columns.

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