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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Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: Twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 346, 118180Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChalcogen bonding and liquid crystallinity: Understanding the anomalous behaviour of the 4′-(alkylthio)[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (nSCB)
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 346, 117094Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117094
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Photo-driven effects in twist-bend nematic phases: dynamic and memory response of liquid crystalline dimers
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 344, 117680Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultiple Polar and Non-polar Nematic Phases
ChemPhysChem, vol. 22, no. 24, pp. 2506-2510Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202100644
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- [ONLINE] Accepted manuscript deposited in RGU institutional repository
Combined electric and photocontrol of selective light reflection at an oblique helicoidal cholesteric liquid crystal doped with azoxybenzene derivative
Physical Review E, vol. 104, no. 4, 044702Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.044702
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Photonic Bandgap in Achiral Liquid Crystals—A Twist on a Twist
Advanced Materials, 2103288Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202103288
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Photocontrol of selective light reflection by oblique helicoidal cholesteric
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2592765
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Understanding the remarkable difference in liquid crystal behaviour between secondary and tertiary amides: the synthesis and characterisation of new benzanilide-based liquid crystal dimers
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 23, no. 22, pp. 12600-12611Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRemarkable smectic phase behaviour in odd-membered liquid crystal dimers: The CT6O.mseries
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 9, no. 15, pp. 5167-5173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTwist-Bend Nematic Glasses: The Synthesis and Characterisation of Pyrene-based Nonsymmetric Dimers
ChemPhysChem, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 461-470Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000993
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