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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Fast Flexoelectro-optic Response of Bimesogen-doped Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Vertical Standing Helix Mode
Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/SDTP.12051
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Formation of periodic zigzag patterns in the twist-bend nematic liquid crystal phase by surface treatment
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 168-176Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2016.1274283
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Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 127-146Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2016.1274293
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Structure–property relationships in twist-bend nematogens: the influence of terminal groups
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 68-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2016.1275303
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The 2016 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 11, pp. 1617-1619Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2017.1382125
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Tunable backflow in chiral nematic liquid crystals via twist-bend nematogens and surface-localised in-situ polymer protrusions
Liquid Crystals, vol. 44, no. 14-15, pp. 2327-2336Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2017.1374479
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Thirtieth Anniversary Issue
Liquid Crystals, vol. 43, no. 13-15, pp. 1901-1908Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2016.1265741
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Electrically tunable laser based on oblique heliconical cholesteric liquid crystal
PNAS, vol. 113, no. 46, pp. 12925-12928Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1612212113
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7849/1/PNAS_2016_Xiang_12925_8.pdf
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Magnetically tunable selective reflection of light by heliconical cholesterics
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 94, no. 4, 042705Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.042705
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7841/1/PhysRevE.94.042705.pdf
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An FT-IR spectroscopic study of the role of hydrogen bonding in the formation of liquid crystallinity for mixtures containing bipyridines and 4-pentoxybenzoic acid
RSC Advances, vol. 6, no. 110, pp. 108164 –108179Contributions to Journals: Articles