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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Why do non-symmetric dimers intercalate?: The synthesis and characterisation of the -(4-benzylidene-substituted-aniline-4'-oxy)--(2-methylbutyl-4'-(4''-phenyl)benzoateoxy)alkanes
Liquid Crystals, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1431-1441Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290903271504
Liquid crystal dimers and higher oligomers: Between monomers and polymers
Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 2096-2124Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b714102e
High pressure differential scanning calorimetry investigations on the pressure dependence of the melting of paracetamol Polymorphs I and II
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 96, no. 10, pp. 2784-2794Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20903
High pressure differential scanning calorimetry: aspects of calibration
Thermochimica Acta, vol. 446, no. 1-2, pp. 66-72Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2006.04.018
Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers: How to make molecules intercalate
Liquid Crystals, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1449-1454Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290601140498
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
What variable-pressure variable-temperature measurements are telling us about ion transport in glass.
Dalton Transactions, vol. 2004, no. 19, pp. 3067-3070Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b403427a
Application of complementary experimental techniques to characterization of the phase behavior of [C(16)mim][PF6] and [C(14)mim][PF6]
Chemistry of Materials, vol. 15, pp. 3089-3097Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/cm021378u
Effect of pressure on ion transport in amorphous and semi-crystalline polymer electrolytes
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 395-399Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b208552f
Hierarchical order in a side-group liquid crystalline block copolymer
Macromolecules, vol. 36, pp. 8898-8901Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0349635
Thermal Analysis of High-Density Polyethylene and Low-Density Polyethylene with Enhanced Biodegradability
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 764-772Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.10974
Characterization by Thermal Analysis of High Density Polyethylene/Polypropylene Blends with Enhanced biodegradability
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 174-185Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.10941
Case Study: Liquid Crystals - The Fourth State of Matter
The Third Dimension. Clark, G., Smart, L. E., Gagan, J. M. F. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 197-231, 35 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAn introduction to temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC): a relatively non-mathematical approach
Thermochimica Acta, vol. 387, no. 1, pp. 75-93Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(01)00829-2
Synthesis, characterization and polymerisation of a pyrrole-based chiral liquid crystal
Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 595-597Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015626513078
Pyrrole and polypyrrole-based liquid crystals containing azobenzene mesogenic groups
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 579-585Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b105976a
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