Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 1299-1305Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678290802556211
Keywords
ionic liquid crystal; synthesis; azobenzene derivative; imidazolium substituent; smectic phase; schlieren texture
Funding
- NSFC
- Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province, China [20673109, 20050102]
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Imidazolium-substituted azobenzene liquid crystal derivatives were synthesised and their chemical structures were determined by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and UV spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The liquid crystalline properties pf the new compounds were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The monomer DC10 was found to exhibit a monolayer smectic C (SmC) phase with schlieren texture on both heating and cooling. The effects of ionic interactions as well as the length of the alkyl chains on the mesophase are discussed. The results indicate that ionic interactions between imidazolium groups are the driving force for the formation of the monolayer SmC phase, the thermal stability of which is enhanced.
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