Spatially resolved mapping of phase transitions in liquid-crystalline materials by X-ray birefringence imaging.


Journal

Chemical science
ISSN: 2041-6520
Titre abrégé: Chem Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101545951

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Mar 2019
Historique:
received: 27 11 2018
accepted: 21 12 2018
entrez: 19 4 2019
pubmed: 19 4 2019
medline: 19 4 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The X-ray Birefringence Imaging (XBI) technique, first reported in 2014, is a sensitive method for spatially resolved mapping of the local orientational properties of anisotropic materials. We report the first application of the XBI technique to characterize molecular orientational ordering in a liquid crystalline material, demonstrating significant potential for exploiting XBI measurements to advance structural understanding of liquid crystal phases.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30996880
doi: 10.1039/c8sc05285a
pii: c8sc05285a
pmc: PMC6430193
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

3005-3011

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Auteurs

Yating Zhou (Y)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.

Rhian Patterson (R)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.
Diamond Light Source , Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , England , UK.

Benjamin A Palmer (BA)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.
Department of Structural Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , 760001 , Israel.

Gregory R Edwards-Gau (GR)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.

Benson M Kariuki (BM)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.

N S Saleesh Kumar (NSS)

Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York YO10 5DD , England , UK.

Duncan W Bruce (DW)

Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York YO10 5DD , England , UK.

Igor P Dolbnya (IP)

Diamond Light Source , Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , England , UK.

Stephen P Collins (SP)

Diamond Light Source , Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , England , UK.

Andrew Malandain (A)

Diamond Light Source , Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , England , UK.

Kenneth D M Harris (KDM)

School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Park Place , Cardiff CF10 3AT , Wales , UK . Email: HarrisKDM@cardiff.ac.uk.

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