Professor Corrie Imrie

Professor Corrie Imrie
Professor Corrie Imrie
Professor Corrie Imrie

BSc, PhD (S'Hampton)

Chair in Chemistry

About
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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  • A kinetic study of the formation of smectic phases in novel liquid crystal ionogens

    Martinez-Felipe, A., Badia, J. D., Santonja-Blasco, L., Imrie, C. T., Ribes-Greus, A.
    European Polymer Journal, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1553-1563
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A new polymer electrolyte based on a discotic liquid crystal triblock copolymer

    Stoeva, Z., Lu, Z., Ingram, M., Imrie, C. T.
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 93, pp. 279-286
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Spectroscopic and thermal characterisation of the swelling behaviour of Nafion membranes in mixtures of water and methanol

    Martinez-Felipe, A., Imrie, C., Ribes-Greus, A.
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 127, no. 1, pp. 246-256
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimer containing a carbohydrate-based moiety

    Cook, A. G., Wardell, J. L., Brooks, N. J., Seddon, J. M., Martinez-Felipe, A., Imrie, C. T.
    Carbohydrate Research, vol. 360, pp. 78-83
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis and characterisation of side chain liquid crystal copolymers containing sulfonic acid groups

    Martinez-Felipe, A., Lu, Z., Henderson, P., Picken, S. J., Norder, B., Imrie, C. T., Ribes-Greus, A.
    Polymer, vol. 53, no. 13, pp. 2604-2612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterisation of crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol)-based membranes with different hydrolysis degrees for their use as electrolytes in direct methanol fuel cells

    Martinez-Felipe, A., Moliner-Estopinan, C., Imrie, C., Ribes-Greus, A.
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 1000–1011
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis and phase behaviour of a homologous series of polymethacrylate-based side-chain liquid crystal polymers

    Cook, A. G., Inkster, R. T., Martinez-Felipe, A., Ribes-Greus, A., Hamley, I. W., Imrie, C. T.
    European Polymer Journal, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 821-829
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cholesteryl-based liquid crystal dimers containing a sulfur-sulfur link in the flexible spacer

    Lee, H., Lu, Z., Henderson, P. A., Achard, M. F., Mahmood, W. A. K., Yeap, G., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 259-268
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers containing an isoflavone moiety

    Chan, T., Lu, Z., Yam, W., Yeap, G., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 393-402
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The 2011 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize

    Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 1167-1168
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Methylene-linked liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

    Henderson, P. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 38, no. 11-12, pp. 1407-1414
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric chiral liquid crystal trimers

    Donaldson, T., Henderson, P. A., Achard, M. F., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1331-1339
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • New insights from variable-temperature and variable-pressure studies into coupling and decoupling processes for ion transport in polymer electrolytes and glasses

    Ingram, M. D., Imrie, C. T.
    Solid State Ionics, vol. 196, no. 1, pp. 9-17
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Chiral liquid crystal tetramers

    Donaldson, T., Henderson, P. A., Achard, M. F., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 29, pp. 10935-10941
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Carbohydrate liquid crystals: synthesis and characterisation of the methyl-6-O-(n-acyl)-α-D-glucopyranosides

    Cook, A. G., Wardell, J. L., Imrie, C. T.
    Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, vol. 164, no. 2, pp. 118-124
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis, thermal and optical behaviour of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers alpha-(4-benzylidene-substituted-aniline-4 '-oxy)-omega-[pentyl-4-(4 '-phenyl)benzoateoxy]hexane

    Yeap, G., Lee, H., Mahmood, W. A. K., Imrie, C. T., Takeuchi, D., Osakada, K.
    Phase Transitions, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 29-37
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Symmetric and non-symmetric chiral liquid crystal dimers

    Donaldson, T., Staesche, H., Lu, Z. B., Henderson, P. A., Achard, M. F., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1097-1110
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Preparation and thermal characterisation of films containing liquid crystals in a cellulose acetate substrate for externally regulated applications

    Martinez-Felipe, A., Ballester-Sarrias, E., Imrie, C. T., Ribes-Greus, A.
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 115, no. 6, pp. 3282–3294
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Liquid crystal oligomers: going beyond dimers

    Imrie, C. T., Henderson, P., Yeap, G.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 36, no. 6-7, pp. 755-777
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis and characterisation of new polymer liquid crystals for externally regulated direct methanol fuel cells

    Martinez, A., Henderson, P., Ballester, E., Imrie, C., Ribes, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
  • 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

    Yeap, G., Hng, T., Yeap, S., Gorecka, E., Ito, M. M., Ueno, K., Okamoto, M., Mahmood, W. A. K., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1431-1441
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Liquid crystal dimers and higher oligomers: Between monomers and polymers

    Imrie, C. T., Henderson, P. A.
    Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 2096-2124
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
  • High pressure differential scanning calorimetry investigations on the pressure dependence of the melting of paracetamol Polymorphs I and II

    Ledru, J., Imrie, C. T., Pulham, C. R., Céolin, R., Hutchinson, J. M.
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 96, no. 10, pp. 2784-2794
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • High pressure differential scanning calorimetry: aspects of calibration

    Ledru, J., Imrie, C. T., Hutchinson, J. M., Hohne, G. W. H.
    Thermochimica Acta, vol. 446, no. 1-2, pp. 66-72
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers: How to make molecules intercalate

    Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1449-1454
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Methylene- and ether-linked liquid crystal dimers II. Effects of mesogenic linking unit and terminal chain length

    Henderson, P. A., Seddon, J. M., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1499-1513
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers

    Henderson, P. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 673-682
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Semiflexible liquid crystalline tetramers as models of structurally analogous copolymers

    Henderson, P. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Macromolecules, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 3307-3311
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Liquid crystal tetramers: influence of molecular shape on liquid crystal behaviour

    Henderson, P. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 32, pp. 1531-1541
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Ordering on multiple lengthscales in a series of side group liquid crystal block copolymers containing a cholesteryl-based mesogen

    Hamley, I. W., Castelletto, V., Parras, P., Lu, Z. B., Imrie, C. T., Itoh, T.
    Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 1, pp. 355-363
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Orientation of microphase-segregated cylinders in liquid crystalline diblock copolymer by magnetic field

    Tomikawa, N., Lu, Z. B., Itoh, T., Imrie, C. T., Adachi, M., Tokita, M., Watanabe, J.
    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. Part 2, Letters, vol. 44
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Discotic side group liquid crystal polymer electrolytes

    Imrie, C. T., Inkster, R. T., Lu, Z. B., Ingram, M. D.
    Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 408, pp. 33-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-symmetric liquid crystal trimers. The first example of a triply-intercalated alternating smectic C phase

    Imrie, C. T., Henderson, P. A., Seddon, J. M.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 14, pp. 2486-2488
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Oligomeric liquid crystals: From monomers to trimers

    Henderson, P. A., Cook, A. G., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 31, pp. 1427-1434
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Significance of activation volumes for cation transport in glassy electrolytes.

    Ingram, M. D., Imrie, C. T., Konidakis, I., Voss, S.
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 6, no. 13, pp. 3659-3662
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What variable-pressure variable-temperature measurements are telling us about ion transport in glass.

    Imrie, C. T., Konidakis, I., Ingram, M. D.
    Dalton Transactions, vol. 2004, no. 19, pp. 3067-3070
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Application of complementary experimental techniques to characterization of the phase behavior of [C(16)mim][PF6] and [C(14)mim][PF6]

    De Roche, J., Gordon, C. M., Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D., Kennedy, A. R., Lo Celso, F., Triolo, A.
    Chemistry of Materials, vol. 15, pp. 3089-3097
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Effect of pressure on ion transport in amorphous and semi-crystalline polymer electrolytes

    Stoeva, Z., Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 395-399
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Hierarchical order in a side-group liquid crystalline block copolymer

    Ansari, I. A., Castelletto, V., Mykhaylyk, T., Hamley, I. W., Lu, Z. B., Itoh, T., Imrie, C. T.
    Macromolecules, vol. 36, pp. 8898-8901
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Thermal Analysis of High-Density Polyethylene and Low-Density Polyethylene with Enhanced Biodegradability

    Contat-Rodrigo, L., Ribes-Greus, A., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 764-772
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterization by Thermal Analysis of High Density Polyethylene/Polypropylene Blends with Enhanced biodegradability

    Contat-Rodrigo, L., Ribes-Greus, A., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 174-185
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Case Study: Liquid Crystals - The Fourth State of Matter

    Imrie, C. T.
    The Third Dimension. Clark, G., Smart, L. E., Gagan, J. M. F. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 197-231, 35 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • An introduction to temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry (TMDSC): a relatively non-mathematical approach

    Jiang, Z., Imrie, C. T., Hutchinson, J. M.
    Thermochimica Acta, vol. 387, no. 1, pp. 75-93
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis, characterization and polymerisation of a pyrrole-based chiral liquid crystal

    Chen, Y., Imrie, C. T., Ryder, K. S.
    Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 595-597
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pyrrole and polypyrrole-based liquid crystals containing azobenzene mesogenic groups

    Chen, Y., Harrison, W. T., Imrie, C. T., Ryder, K. S.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 579-585
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Liquid Crystal dimers and oligomers

    Imrie, C. T., Henderson, P. A.
    Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 298-311
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pressure dependent conductivities and activation volumes in LixNa(1-x)PO3 glasses: evidence for a new matrix-mediated coupling mechanism in mixed-cation glasses?

    Bandaranayake, P. W. S. K., Imrie, C. T., Ingram, M. D.
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 4, pp. 3209-3213
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Synthesis, characterization and polymerization of a pyrrole-based chiral liquid crystal

    Chen, Y., Imrie, C. T., Ryder, K. S.
    Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 21, pp. 595-597
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Temperature Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Part IV. Effect of heat transfer on the measurement of heat capacity using quasi-isothermal ADSC

    Jiang, Z., Imrie, C. T., Hutchinson, J. M.
    Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 85-107
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
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