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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Ferroelectric nematogens containing a methylthio group
Materials Advances, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 525-538Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe 2022 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize
Liquid Crystals, vol. 50, no. 13-14, pp. 1995-1997Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2023.2300550
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The influence of molecular shape and electronic properties on the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase
Liquid CrystalsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2304598
Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend phases: non-symmetric dimers consisting of mesogenic units of differing lengths
ChemPhysChem, e202300848Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300848
The Influence of the Imine Bond Direction on the Phase Behaviour of Symmetric and Non-symmetric Liquid Crystal Dimers
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 391, no. Part A, 123226Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTo Be or Not To Be Polar: The Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Nematic Phases
ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 39, pp. 36562-36568Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTailoring amide N-substitution to direct liquid crystallinity in benzanilide-based dimers
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 384, 122160Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Ferroelectric Nematic Phase: On the Role of Lateral Alkyloxy Chains
Liquid Crystals, vol. 50, no. 11-12, pp. 1960-1967Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMolecular structure and the twist-bend nematic phase: the role of spacer length in liquid crystal dimers
Liquid Crystals, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 725-736Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFerroelectric Nematic-Isotropic Liquid Critical End Point
Physical Review Letters, vol. 130, no. 21, 216802Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMolecular Shape, Electronic Factors and the Ferroelectric Nematic Phase: Investigating the Impact of Structural Modifications
Chemistry : a European Journal, vol. 29, no. 28, e202300073Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing lateral substitution to control conformational preference and phase behaviour of benzanilide-based liquid crystal dimers
ChemPhysChem, vol. 24, no. 7, e202200758Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of alkylthio chains on the properties of symmetric liquid crystal dimers
New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 47, no. 15, pp. 7356-7368Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntrinsically Chiral Twist-Bend Nematogens: Interplay of Molecular and Structural Chirality in the NTB Phase
ChemPhysChem, vol. 24, no. 6, e202200807Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300105
Temperature Dependence of the Electroclinic Effect in the Twist-Bend Nematic Phase
Crystals, vol. 13, no. 3, 465Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCan even-membered liquid crystal dimers exhibit the twist-bend nematic phase?: The preparation and properties of disulphide and thioether linked dimers
Liquid Crystals, vol. 50, no. 7-10, pp. 1362-1374Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effect of a lateral alkyloxy chain on the ferroelectric nematic phase
RSC Advances, vol. 12, no. 45, pp. 29482-29490Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLiquid Crystal Dimers and Smectic Phases from the Intercalated to the Twist-Bend
Crystals, vol. 12, no. 9, 1245Contributions to Journals: Review articlesIntrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: An inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – Chiral ferronematic phase transition
Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 361, 119532Contributions to Journals: ArticlesB K Sadashiva Commemorative Issue PREFACE
Liquid Crystals, vol. 49, no. 7-9, pp. 907-907Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2022.2093498
New patterns of twist-bend liquid crystal phase behaviour: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-10-(4-alkylaniline-benzylidene-4′-oxy)decanes (CB10O·m)
Soft matter, vol. 18, no. 25, pp. 4679-4688Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00162d
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A convenient one-pot synthesis, and characterisation of the ω-bromo-1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4’-yl) alkanes (CBnBr)
Liquid Crystals, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 1706-1716Contributions to Journals: ArticlesControlling spontaneous chirality in achiral materials: liquid crystal oligomers and the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase
Chemical Communications, vol. 58, no. 34, pp. 5285-5288Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRemarkable stabilisation of the intercalated smectic phases of nonsymmetric dimers by tert-butyl groups
Liquid Crystals, vol. 49, no. 7-9, pp. 969-981Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlexoelectric Polarization in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Enhanced by Dopants with Different Molecular Shape Polarities
ACS Omega, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 9785-9795Contributions to Journals: Articles