Interlayer Correlation in Smectic Phases Induced by Chiral Twin Molecules
摘要:
Some chiral twin molecules were prepared and the structure-property relationships in the system consisting of chiral twin molecules and achiral host molecules were investigated. The spacer structure was found to have significant effect on the smectic layer strength and the twisting power in the SmC* phase. C-13 NMR measurements revealed that a chiral twin molecule affects motion of host molecules in the SmA phase. The obtained results are discussed in comparison with our proposed model, where chiral twin molecules are intercalated in the SmC-layers formed by achiral host molecules. The chiral twin molecules may produce a strong correlation in host molecules between adjacent layer but decrease the strength of the smectic layer structure.
The transformation kinetics of a series of liquid-crystallines based on 1,4-phenylene 4-n-alkybenzoate-4-allyloxybenzoate (PABAOB) was studied by nonisothermal methods using differential scanning calorimetry. These determinations led to the values of activation energy of transformation from 691.3 to 628.3 kJ/mol, respectively The values of the Avrami exponent n were from 3.0 to 2.6. The values of transformation activation energy decreased with the ascending of alkyl. The result shows that the process of transformation of PABAOB is a constant number of nuclei growing in three dimensions at constant rate and the crystal growth being controlled probably by a diffusion process. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Interlayer Correlation in Smectic Phases Induced by Chiral Twin Molecules
作者:Atsushi Yoshizawa、Isa Nishiyama
DOI:10.1080/10587259508038714
日期:1995.2
Some chiral twin molecules were prepared and the structure-property relationships in the system consisting of chiral twin molecules and achiral host molecules were investigated. The spacer structure was found to have significant effect on the smectic layer strength and the twisting power in the SmC* phase. C-13 NMR measurements revealed that a chiral twin molecule affects motion of host molecules in the SmA phase. The obtained results are discussed in comparison with our proposed model, where chiral twin molecules are intercalated in the SmC-layers formed by achiral host molecules. The chiral twin molecules may produce a strong correlation in host molecules between adjacent layer but decrease the strength of the smectic layer structure.