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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Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
Liquid Crystals, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1595-1609Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDistinct differences in the nanoscale behaviors of the twist-bend liquid crystal phase of a flexible linear trimer and homologous dimer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 22, pp. 10698-10704Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1821372116/-/DCSupplemental.
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821372116
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12332/1/Distinct_differences_in_the_nanoscale_behaviors_of_the_twist_bend_liquid_crystal_phase_of_a_flexible_linear_trimer_and_homologous_dimer.pdf
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Fast-and-Giant Photorheological Effect in a Liquid Crystal Dimer
Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 6, no. 9, 1802032Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMulti-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules
Nature Communications, vol. 10, 1922Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMolecular curvature, specific intermolecular interactions and the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)-6-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4-oxy)hexanes (CB6O.m)
Soft matter, vol. 15, pp. 3188-3197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm00026g
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13856/1/manuCB6Omsm_rev.pdf
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- [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm00026g
Augmenting Bragg Reflection with Polymer-sustained Conical Helix
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 5468Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpontaneous formation of polarization diffraction gratings in surface-stabilized cells filled with liquid crystal in the modulated nematic phase
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505480
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Spherical-cap droplets of a photo-responsive bent liquid crystal dimer
Soft matter, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 989-998Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01751d
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13468/1/cti_rev_maintext_180725.pdf
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Structure-property relationships in azobenzene-based twist-bend nematogens
Liquid Crystals, vol. 46, no. 13-14, pp. 2102-2114Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIonically conducting and photoresponsive liquid crystalline terpolymers: towards multifunctional polymer electrolytes
European Polymer Journal, vol. 109, pp. 124-132Contributions to Journals: Articles