The morphology of a thermotropic aromatic polyester during the transitions between isotropic and anisotropic melts was studied by means of polarizing microscopy and small angle light scattering techniques. Both transi...The morphology of a thermotropic aromatic polyester during the transitions between isotropic and anisotropic melts was studied by means of polarizing microscopy and small angle light scattering techniques. Both transition processes were found to be composed of the initiation of a new phase at local places of the old phase matrix and the growth of the new phase domains. A change of Hv scattering patterns was observed in the transition temperature ranges and was explained as the result of heterogeneity of the mesophase system, but not the change in ordering of a homogeneous mesophase.展开更多
Photochromism is the reversible structural change of the molecules upon light irradiation having different spectral pattern before and after irradiation. Liquid crystal (LC) is a long-range orientational order of the ...Photochromism is the reversible structural change of the molecules upon light irradiation having different spectral pattern before and after irradiation. Liquid crystal (LC) is a long-range orientational order of the molecules in between solid and isotropic liquid phases which share the properties of the crystal and liquid phases. 1-Alkyl-2-(ary-lazo)imidazoles, (Raai-CnH2n+1, R = H, Me and n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) exhibits photochromism and two of them (Haai-C18H37 and Haai-C22H45) show Liquid crystal (LC) properties. One of these compounds, Meaai-C16H33 is structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The compounds upon irradiation with UV light show E-to-Z isomerisation. Quantum yields (φE→Z) of E-to-Z isomerisation vary with the molar mass of the compounds. The reverse transformation, Z-to-E, is recorded in thermal condition. The activation energy (Ea) of isomerisation is determined by the controlled temperature reaction. Liquid crystal property of the molecules is examined by polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and DSC. The carbon chain length n = 18 shows nematic (N)-isotropic (I) phase transition and an unknown Smectic (Sm) phase is observed with n = 22 on heating cycle.展开更多
文摘The morphology of a thermotropic aromatic polyester during the transitions between isotropic and anisotropic melts was studied by means of polarizing microscopy and small angle light scattering techniques. Both transition processes were found to be composed of the initiation of a new phase at local places of the old phase matrix and the growth of the new phase domains. A change of Hv scattering patterns was observed in the transition temperature ranges and was explained as the result of heterogeneity of the mesophase system, but not the change in ordering of a homogeneous mesophase.
文摘Photochromism is the reversible structural change of the molecules upon light irradiation having different spectral pattern before and after irradiation. Liquid crystal (LC) is a long-range orientational order of the molecules in between solid and isotropic liquid phases which share the properties of the crystal and liquid phases. 1-Alkyl-2-(ary-lazo)imidazoles, (Raai-CnH2n+1, R = H, Me and n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) exhibits photochromism and two of them (Haai-C18H37 and Haai-C22H45) show Liquid crystal (LC) properties. One of these compounds, Meaai-C16H33 is structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The compounds upon irradiation with UV light show E-to-Z isomerisation. Quantum yields (φE→Z) of E-to-Z isomerisation vary with the molar mass of the compounds. The reverse transformation, Z-to-E, is recorded in thermal condition. The activation energy (Ea) of isomerisation is determined by the controlled temperature reaction. Liquid crystal property of the molecules is examined by polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and DSC. The carbon chain length n = 18 shows nematic (N)-isotropic (I) phase transition and an unknown Smectic (Sm) phase is observed with n = 22 on heating cycle.
