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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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  • Molecular organization of the polymer backbone in a side group liquid crystal polymer. An ESR investigation

    Imrie, C. T., Ionescu, D., Luckhurst, G. R.
    Macromolecules, vol. 30, no. 16, pp. 4597-4600
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Towards supramolecular side-chain liquid crystal polymers - 4. Blends of low molar mass mesogens with amorphous polymers

    Stewart, D., Paterson, B. J., Imrie, C. T.
    European Polymer Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 285-290
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Toward supramolecular side-chain liquid crystal polymers. 5. The template receptor approach

    Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Macromolecules, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 877-884
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A small angle neutron scattering study of the conformation of a side chain liquid crystal poly(Methacrylate) in the smectic c phase

    Hamley, I. W., Fairclough, J. P., King, S. M., Skovpedersen, J., Richardson, R. M., Imrie, C. T., Craig, A. A.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 679-684
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Supramolecular chiral liquid crystals. The liquid crystalline behaviour of mixtures of 4,4′-bipyridyl and 4-[(S)-(-)-2-methylbutoxy]benzoic acid

    Grunert, M., Howie, R. A., Kaeding, A., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 211-214
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Role of specific interactions in determining the mesogenic behavior of side-chain liquid crystal polymers

    Imrie, C. T., Attard, G. S., Karasz, F. E.
    Macromolecules, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1031-1035
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterization of side-chain liquid crystal polymers using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and dielectric thermal analysis

    Mulligan, D. R., Imrie, C. T., Larcey, P.
    Journal of Materials Science, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1985-1989
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Role of C60 in the free radical polymerisation of styrene

    Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Chemical Communications, no. 11, pp. 1383-1384
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Side-chain liquid crystal copolymers containing nonmesogenic units: Dependence of the thermal behavior upon composition

    Craig, A. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 421-428
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and characterization of spin-labelled and spin-probed side-chain liquid crystal polymers

    Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Polymer, vol. 37, no. 15, pp. 3419-3425
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Supramolecular side chain liquid crystal polymers II. Interaction of mesogenic acids and amorphous polymers

    Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 619-625
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reactions of secondary nitramines with tributylin hydride and tris (trimethylsilyl) silane

    Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Chemical Research, no. 8, pp. 328-329
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Effect of Spacer Length on the Thermal Properties of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymethacrylates. 2.† Synthesis and Characterization of the Poly[ω-(4′-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxy)alkyl methacrylatejs

    Craig, A. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Macromolecules, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 3617-3624
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Material highlights (Issue 1): Liquid crystal polymers a digest of the recent literature

    Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals Today, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 12-13
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Materials Highlights - Issue 4

    Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals Today, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 5-6
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Materials highlights - Issue 2

    Imrie, C. T.
    Liquid Crystals Today, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 3-4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Liquid Crystal Polymers

    Imrie, C. T.
    Trends in Polymer Science, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 22-29
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Supramolecular side-chain liquid-crystal polymers. Part 1. - Thermal behaviour of blends of a low molar mass mesogenic acid and amorphous polymers

    Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 223-228
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Thermal Characterization of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

    Russell, G. M., Paterson, B. J., Imrie, C. T., Karl Heeks, S.
    Chemistry of Materials, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 2185-2189
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Towards supramolecular side-chain liquid-crystal polymers. Part 3. - Miscibility of mesogenic acids and amorphous polymers

    Alder, K. I., Stewart, D., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 2225-2228
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Copolymers. 2. Polystyrene-Based Side-Chain Polymers Containing Nitroazobenzene

    Imrie, C. T., Karasz, F. E., Attard, G. S.
    Macromolecules, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 1578-1581
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Induction of Liquid Crystallinity in Blends of Amorphous Side-Chain Polymers and Their Analogous Copolymers

    Imrie, C. T., Paterson, B. J.
    Macromolecules, vol. 27, no. 22, pp. 6673-6676
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of molecular weight on the thermal properties of polystyrene-based sidechain liquid-crystalline polymers

    Imrie, C. T., Karasz, F. E., Attard, G. S.
    Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 1221-1232
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of spacer length on the thermal properties of side-chain liquid-crystal poly(methacrylate)s

    Craig, A. A., Imrie, C. T.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 1705-1714
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Non-symmetric dimeric liquid crystals: The preparation and properties of the alpha-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4 '-yloxy)-omega-(4-n-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4 '-oxy) alkanes

    Attard, G. S., Date, R. W., Imrie, C. T., Luckhurst, G. R., Roskilly, S. J., Seddon, J. M., Taylor, L.
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 529-581
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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