{"title":"The structure and orientational order of molecules in nematic liquid crystal phases","authors":"J.W. Emsley","doi":"10.1016/j.pnmrs.2025.101576","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The molecules in nematic liquid crystal phases move rapidly but not randomly producing partial molecular orientation described by sets of order parameters. The molecules of pure liquid crystals are flexible by virtue of bond rotational motion, which has a profound effect on the properties of the liquid crystal phase. NMR spectroscopy can study these phenomena by <ce:sup loc=\"post\">1</ce:sup>H, <ce:sup loc=\"post\">2</ce:sup>H and <ce:sup loc=\"post\">13</ce:sup>C resonances in the nematic and paranematic phases.","PeriodicalId":20740,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnmrs.2025.101576","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The molecules in nematic liquid crystal phases move rapidly but not randomly producing partial molecular orientation described by sets of order parameters. The molecules of pure liquid crystals are flexible by virtue of bond rotational motion, which has a profound effect on the properties of the liquid crystal phase. NMR spectroscopy can study these phenomena by 1H, 2H and 13C resonances in the nematic and paranematic phases.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy publishes review papers describing research related to the theory and application of NMR spectroscopy. This technique is widely applied in chemistry, physics, biochemistry and materials science, and also in many areas of biology and medicine. The journal publishes review articles covering applications in all of these and in related subjects, as well as in-depth treatments of the fundamental theory of and instrumental developments in NMR spectroscopy.