Title:	Infrared spectroscopic study of orientational order and phase transformations in Liquid crystalline CBOOA
Authors:	Fernandes, J.R. Venugopalan, S.
Issue Date:	1976
Publisher:	Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Citation:	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1976, Vol.35, p113-134
Abstract:	An infrared study of the different phases of liquid crystalline CBOOA (N-p-cyanobenzilidene p-n-octyloxyaniline) has been made in the range 30-3100 cm-1. From a study of the -CequivN vibration in aligned samples, the absolute orientational order parameter, S, is determined in the smectic A and nematic phases. The variation of S is compared with the relative values determined earlier from diamagnetic anisotropy, NMR and birefringence studies. The farinfrared spectrum of the solid (Phase I) exhibits a mode whose intensity decreases gradually as the crystal-smectic A transition is approached. Also, a band observed at 296 cm-1 in the solid (Phase I) practically disappears in the fluid phases. These results are discussed in terms of possible pretransition effects and intramolecular changes characteristic of crystal-mesophase transitions. Dichroic effects are evident in the far-infrared absorption of the liquid crystalline phases and these are considered in relation to the influence of molecular structure on the absorption in this region.
Description:	Restricted Access.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2623
ISSN:	1058-725X
Alternative Location:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407608084315
Copyright:	1976 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (SCM)

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