期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B
卷 24, 期 24, 页码 4641-4682出版社
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0217979210056487
关键词
NMR; X-ray; DFT; biaxiality; orientational order; spin Hamiltonian; anisotropic motions; order parameters; liquid crystalline polymers; dendrimers; V-shaped mesogens
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada
A survey of recent studies of biaxial liquid crystals (LCs), whose nematic and/or smectic-A phases do not possess optical uniaxiality (viz., more than one optical axis exists), is given in this review. In particular, we emphasize on how Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy can help to advance the understanding of phase biaxiality in general, and to examine recent debates on the existence of biaxial nematic phase reported in low molecular mass bent-core or V-shaped mesogens. A general discussion of orientational order parameters is detailed, particularly in smectic-C (SmC) and biaxial nematic phases. How these orientational order parameters can be determined by various techniques such as NMR, IR absorbance and Raman scattering studies, will be mentioned. Recent X-ray observations of SmC clusters in the nematic phase of V-shaped mesogens are highlighted and contrasted with probable theory. Moreover, deuterium and carbon-13 NMR techniques are briefly reviewed, and their possible utilization to identify phase biaxiality in these biaxial LC systems is explored.
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