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New thermotropic symmetrical and unsymmetrical azomethine with azobenzene unit and fluorinated alkyl chain: Synthesis and characterization
- Source :
- Journal of Molecular Liquids. 165:12-20
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- A new thermotropic liquid crystals containing azobenzene unit and imine linkages were synthesized via condensation of 4-(4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,11,11,11-heptadecafluoroundecyloxy)benzaldehyde with 4-aminoazobenzene (AzoAz-1) and 4,4′-diaminoazobenzene (AzoAz-2). The structures of compounds were characterized by means of NMR, FTIR spectroscopy and elemental analysis; the results show an agreement with the proposed structure. The mesomorphic behavior of the unsymmetrical AzoAz-1 and symmetrical AzoAz-2 azobenzeneimines was investigated via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). Based on the POM and DSC measurements AzoAz-1 exhibited smectic phases (SmX, SmA), while AzoAz-2 showed smectic (SmX1, SmX2, SmA) and nematic (N) mesophases. Optical properties of the azobenzeneimines were tested by UV–vis and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy in various solvents. Preliminary investigations of electrical properties of the new compounds were carried out by current–voltage (I–V) measurements performed on ITO/compound/Al device.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science
Imine
Condensed Matter Physics
Thermotropic crystal
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Crystallography
chemistry.chemical_compound
Differential scanning calorimetry
chemistry
Azobenzene
Liquid crystal
Polymer chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Alkyl
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01677322
- Volume :
- 165
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Molecular Liquids
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c3b2e2a246d2d4fbc2ef5a2b5448692d