Jul 6 – 10, 2015
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Kraków
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Molecular Flexibility and Aggregation Structure of Liquid Crystals

Jul 9, 2015, 12:00 PM
30m
Crown Piast Hotel

Crown Piast Hotel

Speaker

Prof. Kazuya Saito (University of Tsukuba)

Description

Our previous study based on structural thermodynamics [1-3] established that the conformation of alkyl chains attached to the end(s) of the rigid core part of mesogenic molecules is fully molten in any liquid crystalline (LC) mesophases. Besides, recently revealed is that the nano-segregated structure is a fundamental structure for layered (smectic) LCs formed by such molecules [4,5]. Based on these findings, in this talk, the interrelation will be discussed between aggregation structures in LCs and the molecular flexibility. [1] K. Horiuchi, Y. Yamamura, R. Pelka, M. Sumita, S. Yasuzuka, M. Massalska-Arodz & K. Saito, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 4870 (2010). [2] Y. Yamamura, T. Adachi, T. Miyazawa, K. Horiuchi, M. Sumita, M. Massalska-Arodz, S. Urban & K. Saito, J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 9255 (2012). [3] T. Adachi, H. Saitoh, Y. Yamamura, M. Hishida, M. Ueda, S. Ito & K. Saito, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 86, 1022 (2013). [4] T. Miyazawa, Y. Yamamura, M. Hishida, S. Nagatomo, M. Massalska-Arodz & K. Saito, J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 8293 (2013). [5] K. Saito, T. Miyazawa, A. Fujimura, M. Hishida, H. Saitoh, M. Massalska-Arodz & Y. Yamamura, J. Chem. Phys., 139, 114902 (2013).

Primary author

Prof. Kazuya Saito (University of Tsukuba)

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