西佛碱型液晶化合物相变过程中分子排列方式变化的拉曼光谱研究

用变温拉曼光谱对相变过程的研究表明,液晶化合物的初始晶态与熔融后缓慢降温得到的晶态并不吻合,两个状态下分子尾链的构象及刚性核部分的构象不同导致分子的聚集状态不同。西佛碱型液晶化合物VO10相变过程中,在晶态到液晶态相转变过程中,烷氧基尾链链内构象发生突变,同时有序性降低,刚性核部分两个苯环之间的二面角在相变点时发生明显变化,二面角加大。     

用振动光谱的频率参数研究分子结构的构象变化 Ⅰ．芳香酯液晶分子的研究

通过振动光谱的频率参数，结合构象与键级的关系，观测了芳香酯液晶分子（一种高分子液晶模型化合物）在相态变化过程中的构象结构变化。认为这种液晶化合物在由晶态到液晶态的变化过程中是从酯基与苯环呈相互垂直状态到酯基与Ａ环是共平面状态而与Ｂ环不共平面即垂直的状态。     

用振动光谱的频率参数研究分子结构的构象变化：Ⅰ.芳香酯液晶…

通过振动光谱的频率参数，结合构象与键级的关系，观测了芳香酯液晶分子（一种高分子液晶模型化合物）在相态变化过程中的构象结构变化。认为这种液晶化合物在由晶态到液晶态的变化过程中是从酯基与苯环呈相互垂直状态到酯基与Ａ环呈共平面状态而与Ｂ环不共平面即垂直的状态。     

十二烷基磺酸钠—水体系相性质的红外光谱

考察了２０％十二烷基磺酸钠（ＳＤＳ）－水体系在不同状态下的红外光谱，通过特征谱带频率的变化，观察到体系能以烷基链堆积方式不同的两种凝胶状态存在，确定了体系由凝交相到液晶相的转变温度４７℃，相应的逆相变温度为３５℃，并讨论了不同相态中的分子构象变化以及水分对十二烷基磺酸钠分子的构象的影响。     

苯乙烯基吡啶类液晶化合物的分子结构及相变过程的光谱研究

通过本乙烯基吡啶和不同脂肪羧酸间的氢键作用构成液晶的方法具有合成路线灵活、简便、易于变化的特点,本文通过变温红外光谱对做为质子受体的苯乙烯基吡啶粉液晶化合物的分子结构和相变过程中分子排列的变化进行了研究,结果表明在液晶分子中象羰基这样的偶极矩较大的极性基团,对分子所处的相态分子间的相互排列比较敏感。在红外光谱中羰基伸缩振动的变化可以看作是液晶分子相态转变的标志。     

变温FT-Raman光谱研究一种手性液晶的相变

利用ＦＴ－Ｒａｍａｎ光谱研究了一种含手性基团的液晶分子的相变过程，并对不同温度点及相转变点的拉曼光谱进行了简单的指认，对在不同晶体中分子的结构与取向进行了简单的分析。     

癸胺盐酸盐晶体相变的拉曼光谱研究

在290—340K温度范围内,考察了标题化合物分子链的C—H和C—C伸缩振动等主要拉曼散射谱带频率和强度随温度的变化。结果表明,癸胺盐酸盐晶体在313K和321K发生两次结构相变。在低于313K时,分子链以完全有序的全反式构象存在;在313K以上时,分子链出现了旁式构象。高于321K时,随着旁式链构象的骤增,分子链的侧向填充有序度明显降低,链的“流动性”明显增强。     

利用微悬臂梁表面应力研究聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺分子的构象转变

提出了一种基于微悬臂梁传感技术研究大分子折叠/构象转变的新方法.通过分子自组装的方法将热敏性的聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAM)分子链修饰到微悬臂梁的单侧表面,用光杠杆技术检测温度在20-40 ℃之间变化时由于微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子在水中的构象转变所引起的微悬臂梁变形.实验结果显示:在升温过程中,微悬臂梁的表面应力发生了变化并且导致微悬臂梁产生了弯曲变形,这个过程对应着微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子从无规线团构象到塌缩小球构象的构象转变.在降温过程中,微悬臂梁发生了反方向的弯曲变形,这对应着PNIPAM分子从塌缩小球构象向无规线团构象的构象转变.整个温度变化过程中构象转变是连续进行的,而在低临界溶解温度(约32 ℃)附近转变幅度较大,这与自由水溶液中PNIPAM分子的无规线团-塌缩小球构象转变相对应.实验结果还显示:由于PNIPAM分子在塌缩过程中氢键的形成和链段间可能的缠结效应,整个温度循环过程中微悬臂梁的变形是不可逆的且有明显的迟滞效应.     

利用微悬臂梁表面应力研究聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺分子的构象转变

提出了一种基于微悬臂梁传感技术研究大分子折叠/构象转变的新方法.通过分子自组装的方法将热敏性的聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPAM)分子链修饰到微悬臂梁的单侧表面，用光杠杆技术检测温度在20—40℃之间变化时由于微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子在水中的构象转变所引起的微悬臂梁变形.实验结果显示：在升温过程中，微悬臂梁的表面应力发生了变化并且导致微悬臂梁产生了弯曲变形，这个过程对应着微悬臂梁上的PNIPAM分子从无规线团构象到塌缩小球构象的构象转变.在降温过程中，微悬臂梁发生了反方向的弯曲变形，这对应着PNIPA 关键词： 构象转变 聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺分子链 表面应力 微悬臂梁     

高压下正戊醇的构象和氢键研究

压力是一个重要的物理参量,通过调节物质内部分子、原子间距离和相互作用力,可以引起物质结构和构象变化。正醇是一种最简单的羟基代替烷基链末端氢原子的有机物,通过氢键和烷基链之间的作用力结合在一起,被称为氢键液体。氢键的键能较小,在外部压力作用下,氢键容易被压缩而断裂或网络重排,从而导致晶体结构和对称性的改变,对材料的性能产生重要影响。正戊醇是一种短链正醇,结构虽然简单,却可以作为烷基链结构有机物的典型代表。然而,高压下正戊醇的性质研究较少,尤其压力作用下其构象变化和氢键研究尚未见报道,因此正戊醇高压研究有待进一步深入。拉曼光谱和红外光谱是高压研究中常用的谱学测量技术,能够原位探测压力作用下分子内部基团变化,是研究结构、构象和氢键作用的有效手段。基于此,利用金刚石对顶砧装置(DAC),结合拉曼光谱和红外光谱,在0~12.0 GPa压力范围对正戊醇进行了高压研究。实验结果分三部分讨论:(1)研究了压力作用下正戊醇的结构相变行为。压力在3.2 GPa时,拉曼特征峰变锐变窄,同时有特征峰劈裂和新特征峰出现的现象,说明在该压力点发生一次液固相转变。(2)揭示了正戊醇在高压下的构象变化。正戊醇存在两种构象:反式构象和扭曲构象。通过分析两种构象特征峰随压力的变化,发现正戊醇发生液固相转变的过程伴随有构象变化,液态时以扭曲构象为主,固态时以反式构象为主。(3)探究了高压对正戊醇氢键的影响。羟基的特征峰随压力的增加发生红移,说明在加压过程中氢键作用增强。伴随液固相变,羟基特征峰劈裂成多个峰,形成新的氢键网络或团簇,且随压力的增加氢键网络或团簇逐渐增大,说明氢键对压力非常敏感,且对正戊醇晶体结构的稳定起着促进作用。该研究不仅为正戊醇生产应用提供重要的指导作用,同时为其他同类或复杂分子体系的物理和化学特性研究提供参考。     

变温拉曼光谱和DSC探讨人参皂苷Rb1分子与DPPC双层膜的作用

研究人参皂苷分子与生物膜的作用对于深入了解中药人参的药理活性及其生物学功效至关重要。DPPC作为具有双分子层结构的脂质分子,常被许多国内外学者作为模拟膜的模型来研究药物分子与细胞膜的作用;Rb1作为中药人参中的重要皂苷成分,具有显著的药理学功效和生物性能。拉曼光谱是探讨分子间作用的有力工具,差示扫描量热技术（differential scanning calorimetry, DSC）是研究脂双层分子单体及其与药物分子作用的常用技术,而将两者结合研究药物分子对细胞膜作用的研究的报道较少。本文采用变温拉曼光谱和DSC探讨了在温度变化条件下人参皂苷Rb1单体分子与DPPC双层膜的作用。通过拉曼光谱测试,在Rb1作用前后,DPPC分子极性头部O—C—C—N+和C—C伸缩振动区域以及烷基链部分C—H键的伸缩振动区域的变化表明,随着温度的增加,含有一定浓度Rb1的DPPC磷脂极性头部旁氏构象没有发生变化,脂酰链的无序性构象增多,侧向排列的无序性增强,DPPC脂双层的流动性增加。由DSC实验得到的几个热力学常数[相变温度（T_m）、半峰宽（ΔT_1/2）及相转变焓值（ΔH）]的变化表明,DSC进一步验证了变温拉曼实验结果,随着Rb1浓度的增大,DPPC双层膜的相变温度显著下降,流动性增强,说明Rb1对DPPC双层膜的影响较大。     

Core level photoemission evidence of frustrated surface molecules: a germ of disorder at the (111) surface of C60 before the order-disorder surface phase transition

Using high resolution core level photoemission, we investigated the disordering transition of the fullerene molecules at the (111) surface of C (60) films. The experimental evidence of a two-step mechanism for the rotational disordering of surface fullerene molecules is provided. The data are consistent with a recent model in which the rotational degrees of freedom of one molecule, out of the four inequivalent C (60) molecules of the low temperature (2x2) surface unit cell, melt about 100 K before the bulk phase transition.     

Rotational disorder in 2‐piperidyl‐5‐nitro‐6 ‐methylpyridine: structural phase transition and its vibrational characteristics

X‐ray diffraction (XRD) studies have shown that 2‐piperidyl‐5‐nitro‐6‐methylpyridine, C₁₁H₁₅N₃O₂, undergoes a structural phase transition at T = 240 K. The room temperature structure is tetragonal, space group I4₁/a, with the unit‐cell dimensions a = 13.993(2) and c = 23.585(5) Å. The pyridine ring takes trans conformation with respect to the piperidine unit. While pyridine is well ordered, the piperidine moiety shows apparent disorder resulting from a libration about the linking N C bond. The low‐temperature phase is monoclinic, space group I2/a. Contraction of the unit‐cell volume by 2.3% at 170 K enables the C H···O linkage between the molecules of the neighbouring stacks. As result, the asymmetric unit becomes bi‐molecular. The thermal librations of the piperidine and methyl groups become considerably reduced at 170 K and nearly fully reduced at about 100 K. The IR spectra and polarised Raman spectra agree with the X‐ray structure and confirm the disorder effect on the piperidine ring. The assignment of the bands observed was made on the basis of DFT chemical quantum calculations. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Crystal structure of cholesteryl 4-[4-(4-n-hexylphenylethynyl)-phenoxy]butanoate – a liquid-crystalline unsymmetric dimer

Cholesteryl 4-[4-(4-n-hexylphenylethynyl)-phenoxy]butanoate, which exhibits the phase sequence: Cr 119.3°C (42.4?J?g^?1) SmA 196.4°C (1.1?J?g^?1) TGB–N* 202.4°C (5.4?J?g^?1) I, crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with unit cell parameters: a?=?10.527(1), b?=?13.151(2), c?=?16.991(2)?Å, α?=?86.13(1)°, β?=?98.96(1), γ?=?105.43(1)°, Z?=?2. The crystal structure has been solved by direct methods using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R?=?0.0618. There are two crystallographically independent molecules, I and II, in the asymmetric unit. In both the molecules the phenyl rings are planar. The dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 12.16° and 18.14° for molecules I and II, respectively. In both the molecules, the six-membered rings of the cholesterol moiety are conformationally very similar. However, pronounced differences are observed in the conformation of the five-membered ring, which is intermediate between half-chair and envelope in molecule I, and half-chair in molecule II. The packing of molecules in the crystalline state is found to be a precursor to the Smectic A phase structure. The molecules in the crystal are held together by van der Waal's interactions.     

Atomic and electronic structure of styrene on Ge(100)

Coverage-dependent adsorption structures of styrene on a Ge(100) surface were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The most favorable configuration at room temperature is that the two styrene molecules are bound to two Ge dimers with paired end-bridged (PEB) configuration via the reaction of the vinyl CC double bond. The phenyl rings of the two styrene molecules are trans relative to the Ge dimer rows. Due to the bulky and electronic nature of the phenyl ring, its spatial orientation relative to the Ge surface affects the thermodynamic stability of each configuration. The buckling properties of surface Ge dimers also affect their interaction with the phenyl ring. Simulated STM images of this PEB configuration for empty states explain well the adsorption features observed in the experiment, as well as for filled states. Detailed electronic structures were also investigated through the PDOS analysis.     

尼古丁分子的能级结构和光谱计算

研究尼古丁分子的能级结构与光谱特征,对更好地了解尼古丁分子的毒性和药性有理论指导作用.基于密度泛函理论(DFT),本文利用Gaussian 09软件在B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)基组水平上对尼古丁分子进行结构优化,再采用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)在乙醇溶剂中计算尼古丁分子的15个激发态.使用Multiwfn波谱分析软件对分子前线轨道进行计算,并绘制出分子的红外谱图和紫外谱图.通过前线轨道分析可知,尼古丁分子的亲核位点是吡啶环上的C3和N6、亲电位点是吡咯环上的N22.吡啶环上的C-H、N-H键面内伸缩振动峰主要集中在3049～3079 cm~(-1),吡咯环上的甲基、亚甲基的伸缩振动峰主要集中在2796～3005 cm~(-1),其中在2816 cm~(-1)处甲基上C-H键振动峰最为明显,占比43.3%;吡咯环与吡啶环的摆动峰主要集中在1027～1455 cm~(-1),吡啶环的面内振动峰主要集中在1008～1027 cm~(-1),在800 cm~(-1)以下吸收峰都为吡啶环的面外摆动峰.紫外光谱的最大吸收峰位于173.46571 nm处,主要是由基态S0跃迁到激发态S5、S6、S10、S11、S12、S13、S14形成的,其中基态S0跃迁到激发态S11的贡献最大,其余激发态跃迁振子强度小于0.03,为禁阻跃迁.     

环丁醇温致相变的原位拉曼光谱研究

采用拉曼光谱和红外光谱解析了常温条件下环丁醇的各个振动模式及其与分子构象间的关联,结果表明液态环丁醇以赤道–反式构象为主,并含有少量的赤道间扭式构象。在此基础上结合差示扫描量热技术和变温拉曼光谱,原位研究了环丁醇的温致相变过程和分子构象随温度的变化。结果表明,冷却至140 K的过程中,环丁醇并未结晶固化,而是保持亚稳定的无序液体状态,即出现过冷现象,继续降温至138 K出现玻璃化转变。升温过程中,在170 K时出现放热峰,同时有新的拉曼峰出现,并且拉曼峰的半高宽和强度发生明显的突变,表明环丁醇由无序结构转变为有序的结晶相。因此,我们获得了环丁醇的温致相变序列： 液态→过冷液体→玻璃态→结晶态→液态。通过对环丁醇不同分子构象的拉曼特征峰的定量分析,证实环丁醇在降温过程中,反式构象和间扭式构象的比例未发生明显改变,即没有发生构象变化。然而升温时,伴随170 K时结晶态的转变,反式构象特征峰的相对强度减小,表明部分分子由赤道–反式构象转变为赤道–间扭式构象。该研究结果对进一步理解和研究其他有机小分子的温致相变和构象变化具有指导意义。     

Comparison of phase behavior between water soluble and insoluble surfactants at the air-water interface

The surface phase behavior of 2-hydroxyethyl myristate (2-HEM) has been studied in Langmuir monolayers by measuring surface pressure (π)-area (A) isotherms with a film balance and observing monolayer morphology with a Brewster angle microscope (BAM). These results are compared with the phase behavior of 2-hydroxyethyl laurate (2-HEL) in Gibbs monolayers studied by measuring π-time (t) curves and observing monolayer morphology. The π-A isotherms of 2-HEM show a first-order phase transition from a liquid expanded (LE) phase to a liquid condensed (LC) phase in the temperature range between 5 and 35 °C whereas the π-t curves of 2-HEL represent a similar phase transition in the temperature range between 2 and 25 °C. The critical surface pressure, π_c necessary for the phase transitions increases with increasing temperature in both the cases. The LC domains formed in 2-HEM show circular shapes, which are independent of the temperature. In contrast, the circular domains having stripe texture formed at lower temperatures show a shape transition to fingering domains with uniform brightness at 15 °C. The amphiphile, 2-HEM having 13-carbon chain has higher line tension than 2-HEL that has 11-carbon chain as tail. Thus, for 2-HEM, this high line tension always dominates over other factors giving rise to circular domains at the all studied temperatures.     

Dynamics and mechanism of the Crystal II → smecticG phase transition in TB7A by a temperature‐dependent micro‐Raman study and DFT calculations

The solid to smecticG (SmG) phase transition in a Schiff base liquid crystalline compound, terepthal‐bis‐heptylaniline (TB7A), is monitored in situ by temperature‐dependent Raman microspectroscopy, using the band of a C H in‐plane bending mode as a marker. Contrary to the earlier report of a sudden wavenumber shift, the in situ measurement shows very clearly that a new Raman band at ∼1160 cm⁻¹ appears at the Crystal II → SmG transition. The dynamics of this phase transition is discussed in terms of a triple well potential below 210 K and a double well potential above 210 K. The phase transition essentially takes place as a result of intra‐molecular rotation about the long molecular axis. The optimization energy at various fixed dihedral angles, ( C C CN ) are calculated using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level of theory. The relative energy at each dihedral angle is calculated relative to optimization energy obtained without any constraints and plotted as a function of dihedral angle (Φ) between the adjacent phenyl ring planes, which also shows a double well potential at room temperature. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

EPR Investigations on Molecular Orientation of Paramagnetic Liquid Crystals in a Surface-Stabilized Liquid Crystal Cell: Studies on a Smectic C or Chiral Smectic C Phase

By electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy we investigated the molecular orientation in a surface-stabilized liquid crystal (LC) cell, which includes a racemic (±) or an enantiomerically enriched (S,S) paramagnetic LC, (2S,5S)-2,5-dimethyl-2-tridecyloxyphenyl-5-[4-(4-tridecyloxy-benzenecarbonyloxy)phenyl]pyrrolidine-1-oxy (2), whose spin source is fixed inside the rigid core. For both the smectic C (SmC) phase of (±)-2 and the chiral smectic C (SmC^*) phase of (S,S)-2 in a surface-stabilized LC cell (antiparallel configuration, thickness of 4 μm), the profile of the observed g-value as a function of the angle between the applied magnetic field and the cell plane could be explained by the orientation model, where, with some disordering, the molecules align uniformly with the direction which tilts from the normal line of the smectic layer being orthogonal to the rubbing direction on the cell surface. We divided the effect from the disordering into two parts, one of which is concerning the direction of the molecular long axis and the other is concerning the rotation around the molecular long axis. As a result of the analysis, the SmC^* phase gave quite lower ordering concerning the direction of the molecular long axis and a little lower ordering concerning the rotation around the molecular long axis than the SmC phase at the same temperature (80 °C). The obtained lower ordering in the SmC^* phase is probably due to the chirality that would result in the formation of a helical superstructure in a bulky state. Authors' address: Yohei Noda, Laboratory of Electron Spin Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 606-8502 Kyoto, Japan