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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Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: On the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 320, 114391Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114391
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Phase transitions in a high magnetic field of an odd, symmetric liquid crystal dimer having two nematic phases, N U and NTB, studied by NMR spectroscopy
Physical Review E, vol. 102, no. 4, 042706Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042706
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Supramolecular liquid crystals exhibiting a chiral twist-bend nematic phase
Materials Advances, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 1622-1630Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMolecular structure and the twist-bend nematic phase: the role of terminal chains
Liquid Crystals, vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 1232–1245Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTemperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics
Physical Review Research, vol. 2, no. 1, 013248Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHydrogen bonding and the design of twist-bend nematogens
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 303, 112630Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTwist-Bend Nematogenic Supramolecular Dimers and Trimers Formed by Hydrogen Bonding
Crystals, vol. 10, no. 3, 175Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/3/175
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10030175
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13847/1/Walker_etal_crystals_Twist_Bend.pdf
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A collection of invited articles from the 4th Asian Conference on Liquid Crystals (ACLC 2019)
Liquid Crystals, vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 1129-1130Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2020.1794525
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High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, no. 152, e60433Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3791/60433
The Chiral Twist-Bend Nematic Phase (N*TB)
Chemistry : a European Journal, vol. 25, no. 58, pp. 13329-13335Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903014
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15077/1/Accepted_Manuscript_The_Chiral_Twist_Bend_Nematic_Phasel.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201903014
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- [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903014
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