E. Popova, Lidiya A. Kutulya, V. Vashchenko, M. Pivnenko, A. I. Krivoshey, A. P. Fedoryako
{"title":"Ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures containing chiral ether and ester compounds with the 2-arylidene-p-menthan-3-one skeleton","authors":"E. Popova, Lidiya A. Kutulya, V. Vashchenko, M. Pivnenko, A. I. Krivoshey, A. P. Fedoryako","doi":"10.1117/12.472142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472142","url":null,"abstract":"Some1R,4R-2-(4-phenylbenzylidene)-p-methane-3-one derivatives containing the ether or ester linking group between benzene rings of the arylidene fragment have been studied as chiral dopants in ferroelectric liquid crystal systems based on the eutectic mixture (1:1) of two phenylbenzoate derivatives (see paper for formula) The ferroelectric properties of these compositions (spontaneous polarization, rotation, viscosity, smectic tilt angle as well as quantitative characteristics of their concentration dependences) were compared with those for systems including chiral dopants containing no linking group. Ferroelectric parameters of the induced ferroelectric compositions studied have been shown to depend essentially on the presence of the linking group between benzene rings and its nature as well as on the number of the benzene rings in the rigid molecular core of the chiral dopants used. For all ferroelectric liquid crystal systems studied, the influence of the chiral dopants on the thermal stability of N*, SmA and SmC* mesophases has been quantified. The influence of the linking group nature in the dopant molecules on the characteristics of the systems studied is discussed taking into account results of the conformational analysis carried out by the semi-empirical AM1 and PM3 methods.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123552436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mesomorphism and photocuring processes of (2-hydroxypropyl) cellulose cinnamate","authors":"P. Wojciechowski, L. Okrasa, M. Kozanecki","doi":"10.1117/12.472155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472155","url":null,"abstract":"Mesomorphism and photocuring processes of (2- hydroxypropyl)cellulose cinnamate (CYPC) were investigated. The CYPC was synthesized in the course of estrification of (2-hydroxypropyl)cellulose (HPC) by cinnamoyl chloride. The chemical structure of CYPC was confirmed by IR and Raman spectroscopy. The substitution degree of HPC by cinnamoyl ester groups was calculated from 1H-NMR studies. The thermotropic mesomorphism of CYPC was confirmed by DSC, thermo-optical and X-ray investigations. The thermo-optical behaviors of CYPC tablet obtained under pressure and results of the dielectric spectroscopy investigations were interpreted in terms of the strong hydrophobic effect of the cinnamoyl ester groups. The cycloaddition of the cinnamoyl groups is initiated either by UV radiation or temperature, inside of the hydrophobic aggregates of the cinnamoyl ester groups. The chemical modification of the hydrophobic aggregates in the course of thermo- or photoaddition of the cinnamoyl ester groups slightly changes a molecular movement of the poly(saccharide) main chains of CYPC. However, these crossed aggregates can recover macromolecular orientation of CYPC from the isotropic state via the cooling of sample. These suggest that the hydrophobic aggregates after thermal or photochemical modification shows an anisotropic behavior.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126364835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Walczak, E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, L. Jaroszewicz, P. Marciniak
{"title":"Tuned liquid crystalline interferometer analysis by means of generalized Berreman matrix","authors":"A. Walczak, E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, L. Jaroszewicz, P. Marciniak","doi":"10.1117/12.472180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472180","url":null,"abstract":"The analysis of the tuned, liquid crystalline Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPTI) has been done by means of 4 X 4 matrix. Wide-angle incidence has been analyzed in terms of Trollinger-Chipman correction for extraordinary wave. Results have been applied to determine constraints in the design of the monochromatic tuned FPTI. Main features of the FPTI device and liquid crystal determining FPTI parameters has been described in detail. Especially attention has been paid on dispersion of the LC' refraction indices as a factor of spectral FPFI' properties.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"162 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133210093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermochromic liquid crystals in heat transfer research","authors":"J. Stasiek, T. Kowalewski","doi":"10.1117/12.472179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472179","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years Thermochromic Liquid Crystals (TLC) have been successfully used in non-intrusive heat transfer and fluid mechanics studies. Thin coatings of TLC's at surfaces is utilized to obtain detailed heat transfer data of steady or transient process. Application of TLC tracers allows instantaneous measurement of the temperature and velocity fields for two-dimensional cross-section of flow. Computerized flow visualization techniques allow automatic quantification of temperature of the analyzed surface or the visualized flow cross-section. Here we describe our experience in applying the method to selected problems studied in our laboratory. They include modeling flow configurations in the differentially heated inclined cavity with vertical temperature gradient simulating up-slope flow as well as thermal convection under freezing surface. The main aim of these experimental models is to generate reliable experimental database on velocity and temperature fields for specific flow. The methods are based on computerized true-color analysis of digital images for temperature measurements and modified Particle Image Velocimetry and Thermometry (PIVT) used to obtain the flow field velocity.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126886707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Grudniewski, J. Parka, R. Dabrowski, A. Januszko, A. Miniewicz
{"title":"Diffraction efficiency in dye-doped LC cells under low-frequency AC voltage","authors":"T. Grudniewski, J. Parka, R. Dabrowski, A. Januszko, A. Miniewicz","doi":"10.1117/12.472164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472164","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper relation between the diffraction efficiency in LC dye doped cell in two wave mixing system and the applied voltage parameters had been described. The goal of this work was increase of diffraction efficiency using low frequency AC voltage. The LC cells used in the experiments were filled with pure and dye-doped liquid crystal mixtures. In this system we obtained diffraction efficiency increasing about five to eight times.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133625109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Miscibility study of three types of polar smectic A1","authors":"B. Wazynska","doi":"10.1117/12.472172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472172","url":null,"abstract":"The properties are described of the smectic A1 phase occurring in two homologous series with the terminal group NCS: nDBT and nTPCHB. The results of miscibility studies of the smectic phases of these compounds with the smectic A1 and Ad phases of cyanocompounds nOBCAB are described. It has been shown that the properties of the smectic phases of compounds nDBT and nTPCHB are different, so these phases are treated as two different subtypes of smectic A1 phase.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"4759 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131266915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, A. Walczak, P. Marciniak
{"title":"Refractive dispersion by means of Fabry-Perot filter","authors":"E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, A. Walczak, P. Marciniak","doi":"10.1117/12.472202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472202","url":null,"abstract":"We report the method of the refractive dispersion determination in the anisotropic refractive indices in a planar liquid crystal layers. The experimental data have been obtained from transmission spectra of a plane parallel Fabry-Perot Filter (FPF) filled with the investigated liquid crystal (LC). Physical basis, experimental techniques and math procedures have been described. We assumed the perpendicular light incidence and the absence of absorption and scattering. The dispersion of both refractive indices has been determined over the visible spectrum. During the test measurement similarity of refraction index for 5 CB (K15 MERCK) with literature values has been obtained. Results for no.602 and no.1292 liquid crystalline mixtures made in Institute of Chemistry MUT are given.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133096857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Fabia, H. Galina, B. Mossety-Leszczak, J. Ulański, P. Wojciechowski, A. Włochowicz
{"title":"Synthesis of liquid crystalline epoxy monomers","authors":"J. Fabia, H. Galina, B. Mossety-Leszczak, J. Ulański, P. Wojciechowski, A. Włochowicz","doi":"10.1117/12.472123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472123","url":null,"abstract":"A two-stage method of synthesis of liquid-crystalline diepoxy monomers has been developed. In the first stage, esterification of 4-hydroxyphenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate or 4,4'- biphenol or 4,4'-dihydroxyazobenzene was carried out using 4-penetenoic acid. The resulting olefinic precursors were oxidized with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid to introduce the epoxy groups. The structure of products was confirmed by FT- IR and 1H NMR. Examinations on a polarization microscope with a hot plate confirmed the presence of mesomorphic phases in both the precursors and monomers. The phase transition temperatures were in the range of 73.5 (at cooling) to 128.0 degree(s)C for olefinic precursors and in the range 57.1 (at cooling) to 143 degree(s)C for epoxy compounds, as determined by DSC and thermo-optical analysis (TOA).","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133916038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarizability tensor of 6 CB molecule and light wave length","authors":"P. Adamski","doi":"10.1117/12.472159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472159","url":null,"abstract":"The value of (alpha) (parallel) and (alpha) (perpendicular) of liquid crystal molecule can be calculated from refractive indices, density and kA. It is well known that the refractive indices are a function of temperature and light wave length. In this article we verified the influence of the light wave length on the values of polarizability tensor components (alpha) (parallel), (alpha) (perpendicular), of polarizability anisotropy ((alpha) (parallel) - (alpha) (perpendicular)) and of the order parameter S of liquid crystal molecules. The values of order parameter S obtained for CB 6 liquid crystal are identical for all light wave length.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127977504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of temperature instabilities on spherulitic crystallization of liquid crystals","authors":"M. Panak","doi":"10.1117/12.472156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472156","url":null,"abstract":"The spherulite crystallization of a two-dimensional sample was simulated by the computer for various types of temperature instabilities. The simulation provided the data that enable to recognize the kind of instability basing on the image of crystallized sample.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128989684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}