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Research Interests
Liquid Crystals
Synthesis and characterisation
Structure-property relationships in dimers and oligomers
New molecular architectures and mesophases
Ferro- and anti-ferroelectric materials for display applications
Biaxial nematic phase
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Teaching Responsibilities
Dr Henderson teaches on the following courses:
CM1012 - Engineering Chemistry 1. Lectures.
CM1013 - Chemistry 1A: Fundamentals. Lectures and labs.
CM1508 - Engineering Chemistry 2. Lectures.
CM1508 - Chemistry 1B: Applications in the Real World. Lectures and labs.
CM2008 - Energetics of Change in Chemical and Biological Processes. Labs and tutorials.
PC2001 - Introduction to Materials. Lectures.
CM3018 - Communicating Chemistry. Lectures and practicals.
CM 3025 - Molecular Structure and Reactivity. Labs.
CM 4028 - Honours Chemistry Research Project. Project supervisor.
CM4519 - Advanced Chemistry 4. Lectures.
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External Responsibilities
Treasurer of Royal Society of Chemistry Aberdeen and North East Scotland Local Section
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Selected Publications
C.T. Imrie and P. A. Henderson, Liquid crystal dimers and higher oligomers: between monomers and polymers, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2007, 36, 2096-2124.
R. Dąbrowski, J. Dziaduszek, P. Henderson, P. Kula,J. Oton, N. Bennis, Orthoconic antiferroelectrics with biphenyl, terphenyl or naphthyl moiety, Opto-Electronics Rev., 2007, 15(1), 32-36.
P. A. Henderson, W. Drzewiński and R. Dąbrowski, Antiferroelectric liquid crystals containing a naphthoate mesogenic unit, Ferroelectrics, 2006, 343, 11-18.
P. A. Henderson and C. T. Imrie, Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers, Liq. Cryst., 2005, 32(6), 673-682. In Top 10 Liquid Crystals downloads for 2005.
P. A. Henderson, C. T. Imrie and J. M. Seddon, Methylene- and ether-linked liquid crystal dimers II. Effects of mesogenic linking unit and terminal chain length.Liq. Cryst., 2005, 32(11-12), 1499-1513.
P. A. Henderson and C. T. Imrie, Semiflexible liquid crystalline tetramers as models of structurally analogous copolymers, Macromol., 2005, 38(8), 3307-3311.
P. A. Henderson and C. T. Imrie, Liquid crystal teramers: influence of molecular shape on liquid crystal behaviour, Liq. Cryst., 2005, 32(11-12), 1531-1541.
C. T. Imrie, P. A. Henderson and J. M. Seddon, Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers.The first example of a triply-intercalated alternating smectic C phase, J. Mater. Chem., 2004, 14(6), 2486-2488.
P. A. Henderson, A. G. Cook and C. T. Imrie, Oligomeric liquid crystals: From monomers to trimers, Liq. Cryst., 2004, 31(11), 1427-1434. In Top 6 Liquid Crystal downloads for 2004.C. T. Imrie and P. A. Henderson, Liquid crystal dimers and oligomers, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 2002, 7, 298-311.
P. A. Henderson, R. T. Inkster, J. M. Seddon and C. T. Imrie, Highly non-linear liquid crystal tetramers, J. Mater. Chem., 2001, 11, 2722-2731.
P. A. Henderson, O. Niemeyer and C. T. Imrie, Methylene-linked liquid crystal dimers, Liq. Cryst., 2001, 28(3), 463-472.
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- Donaldson, T., Staesche, H., Lu, ZB., Henderson, PA., Achard, MF. & Imrie, CT. (2010). 'Symmetric and non-symmetric chiral liquid crystal dimers'. Liquid Crystals, vol 37, no. 8, pp. 1097-1110.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2010.494412 - Imrie, CT., Henderson, P. & Yeap, G. (2009). 'Liquid crystal oligomers: going beyond dimers'. Liquid Crystals, vol 36, no. 6-7, pp. 755-777.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/02678290903157455 - Henderson, P., Drzewinski, W. & Dabrowski, R. (2006). 'Antiferroelectric liquid crystals containing a naphthoate mesogenic unit'. Ferroelectrics, vol 343, no. 1, pp. 11-18.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/00150190600961921 - Henderson, PA. & Imrie, CT. (2005). 'Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers'. Liquid Crystals, vol 32, no. 6, pp. 673-682.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/02678290500116235
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