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Professor Corrie Imrie

Professor Corrie Imrie
Professor Corrie Imrie
Professor Corrie Imrie

BSc, PhD (S'Hampton)

Chair in Chemistry

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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

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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  • Decoupled ion transport in mesomorphis polymer electrolyte glasses

    Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 46, no. 10-11, pp. 1413-1417
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Measurement of the wax appearance temperatures of crude oils by temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry

    Jiang, Z., Hutchinson, J. M., Imrie, C. T.
    Fuel, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 367-371
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An introduction to Materials Discussion No. 4: Molecular topology in liquid crystals

    Goodby, J. W., Bruce, D. W., Hird, M., Imrie, C. T., Neal, M.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 22, pp. 2631-2636
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Highly non-linear liquid crystal tetramers

    Henderson, P. A., Inkster, R. T., Seddon, J. M., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 11, pp. 2722-2731
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Methylene-linked liquid crystal dimers

    Henderson, P. A., Niemeyer, O., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 28, pp. 463-472
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Pyrrole- and polypyrrole-based liquid crystals

    Chen, Y., Imrie, C. T., Ryder, K. S.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 11, pp. 990-995
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Bridging the gap between polymer electrolytes and inorganic glasses: Side group liquid crystal polymer electrolytes

    Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 347, no. 1, pp. 199-210
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of backbone flexibility on the thermal properties of side-group liquid-crystal polymers

    Craig, A. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Macromolecules, vol. 32, pp. 6215-6220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ion transport in glassy polymer electrolytes

    Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D., McHattie, G. S.
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, pp. 4132-4138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ion transport in glassy side-group liquid crystalline polymer electrolytes

    Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D., McHattie, G. S.
    Advanced Materials Research, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 832-834
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Liquid crystal tetramers

    Imrie, C. T., Stewart, D., Remy, C., Christie, D. W., Hamley, I. W., Harding, R.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 9, pp. 2321-2325
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Side-Group Liquid Crystal Copolymers Containing Nonmesogenic Units: Dependence of the Thermal Behaviour upon Composition

    Cook, A. G., Imrie, C. T.
    Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 332, no. 1, pp. 189-198
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry. Part III. Effect of heat transfer on phase angle in quasi-isothermal ADSC

    Jiang, Z., Imrie, C. T., Hutchinson, J. M.
    Thermochimica Acta, vol. 336, pp. 27-40
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • From Simple Electrolyte Solutions Through Polymer Electrolytes to Superionic Rubbers: Some Fundamental Considerations

    Angell, C. A., Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Polymer International, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 9-15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Structure and Conductivity in Substituted Polypyrroles. Part 1. Synthesis and Electropolymerization of N-Trimethylsilylethoxymethyl-3-methyl-4-pyrrole Carboxylate Ethyl Ester

    Chen, Y., Imrie, C. T., Cooper, J. M., Glidle, A., Morris, D. G., Ryder, K. S.
    Polymer International, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 43-49
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temperature-Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Part II. Determination of Activation Energies

    Jiang, Z., Hutchinson, J. M., Imrie, C. T.
    Polymer International, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 72-75
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Side chain liquid crystal copolymers containing electron rich and electron deficient mesogenic groups. The synthesis and characterization of the poly[ω-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-oxy)alkyl methacrylate]s-co-poly[6-(4-butylazobenzene-4′-oxy)hexyl methacrylate]s

    Craig, A. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Polymer, vol. 38, no. 19, pp. 4951-4957
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry. Part I: : Effects of heat transfer on the phase angle in dynamic ADSC in the glass transition region

    Jiang, Z., Imrie, C. T., Hutchinson, J. M.
    Thermochimica Acta, vol. 315, no. 1, pp. 1-9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ionically conducting side chain liquid crystal polymer electrolytes

    McHattie, G. S., Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 43, no. 10-11, pp. 1151-1154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Convenient synthesis of a discotic side group liquid crystal polymer

    Stewart, D., McHattie, G. S., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 47-51
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Liquid crystal trimers. The synthesis and characterisation of the 4,4′-bis [ω-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy) alkoxy] biphenyls

    Imrie, C. T., Luckhurst, G. R.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1339-1343
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Smectic ordering in a vitrified side-chain liquid crystal polymer film

    Hamley, I. W., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 339-341
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis, thermal characterization and rheological properties of a homologous series of polymethacrylate-based side-chain liquid crystal polymers

    Craig, A. A., Winchester, I., Madden, P. C., Larcey, P., Hamley, I. W., Imrie, C. T.
    Polymer, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1197-1205
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular organisation of polymer backbone in side-group liquid crystal polymers. ESR study of spin-labelled and spin-probed side-group liquid crystal polymers

    Imrie, C. T., Ionescu, D., Luckhurst, G. R.
    Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles

  • Role of C60 in the free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate

    Kirkwood, K., Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, vol. 35, no. 15, pp. 3323-3325
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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