Synthesis and characterization of two series of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer containing bisazobenzene moiety

Synthesis and characterization of two series of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer containing bisazobenzene moiety

Two series of calamitic non-symmetric liquid crystalline dimer compound containing bisazobenzene moiety and a rather short alkoxybiphenyl linked by flexible spacers 4-propyloxy-[4-biphenyloxyalkyl]-4`-(4-phenylazo)azobenzene has been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The transi...

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Main Authors: Salisu, Abdulsalam Abubakar, Ab. Rahman, Mohamad Zaki, Silong, Sidik, Lutfor, Md Rahman, Ahmad, Mansor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Knowledgia Review, Malaysia 2009
Subjects:
Liquid crystals - Analysis
Dimers - Analysis
Dimers - Properties
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16936/
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Summary:Two series of calamitic non-symmetric liquid crystalline dimer compound containing bisazobenzene moiety and a rather short alkoxybiphenyl linked by flexible spacers 4-propyloxy-[4-biphenyloxyalkyl]-4`-(4-phenylazo)azobenzene has been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The transition temperatures and phase behaviours were studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) study. The synthesized compounds exhibited enantiotropic liquid crystal phase with dimer (D1) containing pentyl flexible alkyl spacer showing smectic A and smectic C phases and dimer (D2) with hexyl spacer exhibitig SmA and nemetic phases respectively and the stability of the smectic layer depends on the spacer length for the compounds studied.

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