Room temperature photochromic liquid crystal [3H]-naphtho[2,1-b]pyrans—photochromism in the mesomorphic state

2004 ◽  
pp. 2040-2041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Frigoli ◽  
Georg H. Mehl
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Mesomorphic State

Effects of Rotation on Heat Transfer for a Single Row Jet Impingement Array With Crossflow

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin A. Lamont ◽  
Srinath V. Ekkad ◽  
Mary Anne Alvin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Rotation Number ◽  
Coriolis Force ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Target Surface ◽  
Channel Height ◽  
Potential Core ◽  
Single Row

The effects of the Coriolis force are investigated in rotating internal serpentine coolant channels in turbine blades. For complex flow in rotating channels, detailed measurements of the heat transfer over the channel surface will greatly enhance the blade designers’ ability to predict hot spots so coolant may be distributed more effectively. The present study uses a novel transient liquid crystal technique to measure heat transfer in a rotating, radially outward channel with impingement jets. A simple case with a single row of constant pitch impinging jets with the crossflow effect is presented to demonstrate the novel liquid crystal technique and document the baseline effects for this type of geometry. The present study examines the differences in heat transfer distributions due to variations in jet Rotation number, Roj, and jet orifice-to-target surface distance (H/dj = 1,2, and 3). Colder air, below room temperature, is passed through a room temperature test section to cause a color change in the liquid crystals. This ensures that buoyancy is acting in a similar direction as in actual turbine blades where walls are hotter than the coolant fluid. Three parameters were controlled in the testing: jet coolant-to-wall temperature ratio, average jet Reynolds number, Rej, and average jet Rotation number, Roj. Results show, such as serpentine channels, the trailing side experiences an increase in heat transfer and the leading side experiences a decrease for all jet channel height-to-jet diameter ratios (H/dj). At a jet channel height-to-jet diameter ratio of 1, the crossflow from upstream spent jets greatly affects impingement heat transfer behavior in the channel. For H/dj = 2 and 3, the effects of the crossflow are not as prevalent as H/dj = 1: however, it still plays a detrimental role. The stationary case shows that heat transfer increases with higher H/dj values, so that H/dj = 3 has the highest results of the three examined. However, during rotation the H/dj = 2 case shows the highest heat transfer values for both the leading and trailing sides. The Coriolis force may have a considerable effect on the developing length of the potential core, affecting the resulting heat transfer on the target surface.

scholarly journals Photo-tunable epsilon-near-zero behavior in a self-assembled liquid crystal – nanoparticle hybrid material

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Bhardwaj ◽  
Vimala Sridurai ◽  
Sachin A. Bhat ◽  
Channabasaveshwar V. Yelamaggad ◽  
Geetha G. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Hybrid Material ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Dynamic Tuning ◽  
Actinic Light ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Epsilon Near Zero

A room temperature stable self-assembled liquid crystal metamaterial exhibits dynamic tuning of the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) bandwidth on illumination with actinic light in the optical regime.

A Room-Temperature Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystal

2000 ◽  
Vol 112 (17) ◽  
pp. 3270-3272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Kumar ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Varshney
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Room Temperature

Electrohydrodynamic Flow in Thick Liquid Crystal Cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Van Winkle ◽  
Jit Gurung ◽  
Rand Biggers
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Thermal Transport ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Optical Observations ◽  
Constant Voltage ◽  
Maximum Enhancement ◽  
Flowing Liquid ◽  
Crystal Cells

ABSTRACTThe thermal transport across a thick (0.66 cm) liquid crystal cell has been measured versus applied ac voltage and frequency. These measurements are correlated with the optically observed onset of flow and turbulence in cells as identical as practicable to those used for the thermal transport measurements. In addition, the measurements are compared with reported observations in thin cells. The thermal transport across the liquid crystal is characterized by an effective thermal conductivity Kf. It was found that Kf increases with increasing frequency, at constant voltage, to a maximum enhancement at about 40 Hz at room temperature. Optical observations on thick cells indicate that dynamic columnar domains of flowing liquid crystal are the primary mode of heat transport, as determined by correlating the structure and characteristic lifetime of such domains as a function of voltage and frequency. Optical observations at low voltages suggest that Williams Domains do not exist in these thick cells, and that all observed responses are functions of electric field strength, not applied voltage (as in thin Williams Domain cells).

Discotic Liquid Crystals of Transition metal Complexes 23: Synthesis and Mesomorphism of Tetrakis(3,4-di-n-alkylphenyl)porphyrin Derivatives and Their Metal Complexes

1999 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUCHIKA OHTA ◽  
MASAHIRO ANDO ◽  
IWAO YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Metal Complexes ◽  
Transition Metal Complexes ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Discotic Liquid Crystals ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Alkyl Chains ◽  
Porphyrin Derivatives ◽  
Crystal Phases ◽  
Long Chain

Five novel long-chain-substituted porphyrin derivatives, tetrakis(3,4-dialkylphenyl)porphyrins (abbreviated as (Cn)8 TPPH 2 (n = 8, 12, 18), ( C 18)8 TPPCu and ( C 18)8 TPPNi ), were synthesized and their mesomorphism was investigated. It was found that the (Cn)8 TPPH 2 (n = 8, 12), derivatives are isotropic liquids at room temperature and that each of the ( C 18)8 TPPM ( M ≡ H 2, Cu , Ni ) derivatives has two liquid crystal phases M1 and M2 and two unidentified phases X1 and X2. It was revealed by X-ray studies that the M2 phase is a discotic lamellar (DL) phase. Interestingly, these porphyrin derivatives exhibit not a columnar but a lamellar mesophase, even though they have a disk-like central core with eight alkyl chains in the surroundings.

Vibrational Spectroscopic Analysis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal MBOPDOB

1998 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 847-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei He ◽  
Zhen Yin ◽  
Ming-Sheng Zhang ◽  
Ze-Xiang Shen ◽  
Hui-Fen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Spectroscopic Analysis ◽  
Ester Group ◽  
Phase Transition Point ◽  
Vibrational Modes ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Vibrational Characteristics ◽  
Shape Changes

Raman spectra of ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) D-4-(2-methylbutoxy) phenyl 4-decyloxybenzoate (MBOPDOB) are recorded. All the vibrational modes are assigned, and their vibrational characteristics are studied. It is found that the s-cis and the s-trans conformers of the ester group coexist in the crystal phase at room temperature. By temperature-dependent measurements, the line shape changes due to the transition of the ester group conformation near the crystal-Sm C phase transition point are examined.

Evidence for room temperature mesomorphism in a mixed-valent diruthenium(II,III) quintapalmitoleate polymer

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (11) ◽  
pp. 1520-1523
Author(s):  
Jennifer F Caplan ◽  
Christopher A Murphy ◽  
Susan Swansburg ◽  
Robert P Lemieux ◽  
T Stanley Cameron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Mixed Valence ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Crystal Transition

The synthesis of Ru2(μ-O2CR)4(μ´-O2CR) (1), R = -CH2(CH2)6CH=CH(CH2)5CH3, has been achieved and characterization using elemental analysis and FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopies undertaken. Strong evidence for a hexagonal discotic mesophase has been found using differential scanning calorimetry, variable-temperature polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray powder diffraction. A solid to liquid crystal transition was found upon heating at 128°C and the mesophase is found to persist to room temperature upon cooling from 150°C. This is the first report of room temperature mesomorphism in a mixed-valent metallomesogen. Key words: ruthenium carboxylate, liquid crystal, metallomesogen, mixed valence, polymer.

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