Orientational Ordering Of Phenylcyclohexane-Based Liquid Crystals Determined From Carbon-13 2D NMR Spectroscopy

Cheryl Baldwin Frech; B. M. Fung; Martin Schadt

doi:10.1117/12.976422

25 July 1989 Orientational Ordering Of Phenylcyclohexane-Based Liquid Crystals Determined From Carbon-13 2D NMR Spectroscopy

Cheryl Baldwin Frech, B. M. Fung, Martin Schadt

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Proceedings Volume 1080, Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics, and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976422
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The orientational ordering of eight liquid crystals in their nematic phase at TNI - T = 4 K and 10K was studied by carbon-13 NMR. The technique applied is a combination of separated local field spectroscopy (SLF) and variable angle spinning (VAS). Using this method, a first order splitting pattern for each carbon signal was obtained and C-H dipolar coupling constants were determined. Order parameters for each aliphatic C-H segment and each phenyl and cyclohexyl ring were calculated for the compounds. Results are presented for four 1-(4'-cyanophenyl)-trans-4-alkenylcyclohexanes and two of their analogous 1-(4'-cyanophenyl)-trans-4-alkylcyclohexanes, as well as a 1-(4'-isothiocyanophenyl)-trans-4-alkylcyclohexane and a 4-alkyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl for comparison. The effects of substitution of a phenyl group for a cyclohexyl group, the presence and position of a double bond, the length of the aliphatic chain, the nature of the phenyl-ring substituent, and temperature are discussed.

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Cheryl Baldwin Frech, B. M. Fung, and Martin Schadt "Orientational Ordering Of Phenylcyclohexane-Based Liquid Crystals Determined From Carbon-13 2D NMR Spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 1080, Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, (25 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976422

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