To investigate the vacuum-deposited films of the banana-shaped mesogens, we prepared a three-ring bent-core (that is, banana-shaped) compound m-bis(4-p- octoxysryrenyl)benzene (m-OSB) and used it as a prototype for st...To investigate the vacuum-deposited films of the banana-shaped mesogens, we prepared a three-ring bent-core (that is, banana-shaped) compound m-bis(4-p- octoxysryrenyl)benzene (m-OSB) and used it as a prototype for studying the related film physics. Herein the synthesis and the structural characterization of m-OSB are reported. 13C and 1H NMR spectra and IR spectrum confirm that m-OSB has a symmetric and all-trans conformation. The results of differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffractometry indicate that no liquid crystalline phase but two crystalline phases are present in this material: phase I (T<66℃) and phase II (66℃<T<157℃); an isotropic state is observed at above 157℃. Combining the X-ray diffraction and the electronic diffraction, we assign the room-temperature crystalline phase I to orthorhombic sys-tem and P212121 space group with cell parameters of a = 7.43 ?, b = 6.34 ?, c = 72.07 ?, and α = β = γ = 90°. Molecular modeling reveals that the molecules in the unit cell adopt a layered structure with an antiferro-electric alignment. The structure of phase II is very similar to that of phase I. Nonlinear optical measurement shows that m-OSB is active for the second harmonic generation (SHG). Such characteri-zation of the bulk material is necessary for the understand-ing of the growth and microstructures in the films.展开更多
合成了6个含偶氮基团的具有不同苯环个数的不对称弯曲型液晶分子,用1 H NMR、HRMS表征其结构,采用差示扫描量热法(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)研究其液晶性能。考察结果表明:所有化合物均出现了液晶相,特别是含有3个苯环的分子在较低温度下...合成了6个含偶氮基团的具有不同苯环个数的不对称弯曲型液晶分子,用1 H NMR、HRMS表征其结构,采用差示扫描量热法(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)研究其液晶性能。考察结果表明:所有化合物均出现了液晶相,特别是含有3个苯环的分子在较低温度下出现了向列相;偶氮基团的吸收光谱在330～360nm出现了较强的由π-π*电子跃迁引起的吸收,在430～450nm出现了较弱的由n-π*电子跃迁引起的吸收,其吸收波长的变化表明分子的弯曲形状和电子分布使分子吸收波长有较大的变化。展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Projects(Grant No.2002CB6 13400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.90301008and 20025413).
文摘To investigate the vacuum-deposited films of the banana-shaped mesogens, we prepared a three-ring bent-core (that is, banana-shaped) compound m-bis(4-p- octoxysryrenyl)benzene (m-OSB) and used it as a prototype for studying the related film physics. Herein the synthesis and the structural characterization of m-OSB are reported. 13C and 1H NMR spectra and IR spectrum confirm that m-OSB has a symmetric and all-trans conformation. The results of differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffractometry indicate that no liquid crystalline phase but two crystalline phases are present in this material: phase I (T<66℃) and phase II (66℃<T<157℃); an isotropic state is observed at above 157℃. Combining the X-ray diffraction and the electronic diffraction, we assign the room-temperature crystalline phase I to orthorhombic sys-tem and P212121 space group with cell parameters of a = 7.43 ?, b = 6.34 ?, c = 72.07 ?, and α = β = γ = 90°. Molecular modeling reveals that the molecules in the unit cell adopt a layered structure with an antiferro-electric alignment. The structure of phase II is very similar to that of phase I. Nonlinear optical measurement shows that m-OSB is active for the second harmonic generation (SHG). Such characteri-zation of the bulk material is necessary for the understand-ing of the growth and microstructures in the films.
文摘合成了6个含偶氮基团的具有不同苯环个数的不对称弯曲型液晶分子,用1 H NMR、HRMS表征其结构,采用差示扫描量热法(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)研究其液晶性能。考察结果表明:所有化合物均出现了液晶相,特别是含有3个苯环的分子在较低温度下出现了向列相;偶氮基团的吸收光谱在330～360nm出现了较强的由π-π*电子跃迁引起的吸收,在430～450nm出现了较弱的由n-π*电子跃迁引起的吸收,其吸收波长的变化表明分子的弯曲形状和电子分布使分子吸收波长有较大的变化。
