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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Methylene- and ether-linked liquid crystal dimers II. Effects of mesogenic linking unit and terminal chain length
Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1499-1513Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290500284983
Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers
Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 673-682Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290500116235
Semiflexible liquid crystalline tetramers as models of structurally analogous copolymers
Macromolecules, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 3307-3311Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0502304
Liquid crystal tetramers: influence of molecular shape on liquid crystal behaviour
Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, pp. 1531-1541Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290500410620
Ordering on multiple lengthscales in a series of side group liquid crystal block copolymers containing a cholesteryl-based mesogen
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 1, pp. 355-363Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b510512a
Orientation of microphase-segregated cylinders in liquid crystalline diblock copolymer by magnetic field
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. Part 2, Letters, vol. 44Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.44.L711
Discotic side group liquid crystal polymer electrolytes
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 408, pp. 33-43Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1542140049025801
Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers. The first example of a triply-intercalated alternating smectic C phase
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 14, pp. 2486-2488Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b404319g
Oligomeric liquid crystals: From monomers to trimers
Liquid Crystals, vol. 31, pp. 1427-1434Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290412331298067
Significance of activation volumes for cation transport in glassy electrolytes.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 6, no. 13, pp. 3659-3662Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b314879c