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

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Salisu, Abdulsalam Abubakar and Ab. Rahman, Mohamad Zaki and Silong, Sidik and Lutfor, Md Rahman and Ahmad, Mansor (2009) Synthesis and characterization of two series of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer containing bisazobenzene moiety. Current Research in Chemistry, 1 (1). pp. 15-21. ISSN 1996-5052

Abstract

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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Item Type:	Article
Subject:	Liquid crystals - Analysis
Subject:	Dimers - Analysis
Subject:	Dimers - Properties
Divisions:	Faculty of Science
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.3923/crc.2010.57.63
Publisher:	Knowledgia Review, Malaysia
Keywords:	Liquid crystal; Non-symmeric dimmer; Nemaic phase; Bisazobenzene
Depositing User:	Najwani Amir Sariffudin
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2012 09:31
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2012 09:31
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16936
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