Professor Corrie Imrie
BSc, PhD (S'Hampton)
Chair in Chemistry
- About
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- Email Address
- c.t.imrie@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272567
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
- Research
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Current Research
Liquid Crystals
Liquid crystals are a fascinating state of matter having certain properties characteristic of liquids with others typical of crystals. This duality of properties has important implications for the applications of liquid crystals which range from the familiar electro-optic displays to new types of fabrics whose colour changes depending on the mood of the wearer. Current research focuses on polymeric liquid crystals and, in particular, side chain liquid crystal polymers (SCLCP). The considerable application potential of SCLCPs in advanced electro-optic technologies, including information storage and non-linear optics, stems from the combination of macromolecular properties (mechanical integrity and ease of processibility) with the electro-optic characteristics of low molar mass mesogens. To realise such potential, however, materials having well-defined properties are required. Our research therefore involves: (a) the design and synthesis of novel polymers, (b) their thermal characterisation, and (c) micro- and macrostructural investigations. Other interests include polymer- dispersed liquid crystal displays and the synthesis of model compounds for liquid crystal polymers.The scope of our studies will be greatly extended by the award of over £750k from SHEFC (Scottish Higher Education Funding Council) to set up SOMC (Scottish Offshore Materials Centre) which is a consortium of chemists, engineers and geologists at Aberdeen to examine the behaviour of real-size components under down-hole conditions (upto 2 kbar and 250° C). Our particular interest here is the Thermal Analysis Service.
The availability of "almost unique" high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) facilities will enable us to carry out in situ investigations of a wide range of materials. - Publications
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Critical behavior of the optical birefringence at the nematic to twist bend nematic phase transition
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHigh ON/OFF ratio photoswitchable viscoelasticity in an azo-based dimer with twist-bend nematic phase
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320800
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Cholesteric Metronomes with Flexoelectrically Programmable Amplitude
Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 6, no. 12, 1800013Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800013
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Color smart window based on polymer-sustained conical helix of cholesteric
Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.12389
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Giant flexoelectro-optic effect with bimesogen in vertical standing helix
Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.12376
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Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: A twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components
Chemical Communications, vol. 54, no. 27, pp. 3383-3386Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCholesteric metronomes with flexoelectrically programmable amplitude
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291544
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Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules
Nature Communications, vol. 9, 228Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe role of a terminal chain in promoting the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-6-(4-alkyloxyanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)hexanes
Liquid Crystals, vol. 45, no. 13-15, pp. 2341-2351Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2018.1525503
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Azobenzene-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 12-13, pp. 2060-2078Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2017.1366075
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