Polymer and azo-dye composite: a photo-alignment layer for liquid crystals

In this article, we disclose a method to fabricate polymer-stabilised azo-dye photo alignment layers for liquid crystal. The idea includes the introduction of polymer network in the alignment layer, in optimal concentration, followed by two-step irradiation. The stabilised photo-alignment layer has been explored for different aspects of the display-related parameters, viz. anchoring energy, stability for various display-related environments as a function of concentration of monomer and irradiation, residual DC and voltage holding ratio. The composite photo-alignment layer offers well-suited parameters for the liquid crystal alignment and therefore could find application in a variety of modern photonic and display devices.     

Study of the Phase Situation in 4-n-pentylphenyl-4′-n-heptyloxythiobenzoate (7S5)

Results of measurements of the specific heat of 4-n-pentylphenyl-4′-n-heptyloxythiobenzoate in the temperature range from about 90 K to about 370 K are presented. They were carried out with an adiabatic calorimeter, a differential scanning calorimeter and a polarizing microscope. Adiabatic calorimetry revealed four anomalies in the specific heat vs. temperature curve viz., two associated with transitions in the solid phase, one with melting and one with the liquid-crystalline nematic-to-isotropic phase transition. Also, two modifications of the solid, stable and metastable, were found to exist. In addition, the DSC method applied in the 285 K to 370 K range revealed a smectic C phase, but only when the sample is being cooled. The polarizing microscope showed the structural polymorphism of the solid phase in the 297 K to 327 K range to be more complex than would stem from adiabatic calorimetry and DSC measurements alone. It also confirmed the occurence of the S_c phase on cooling as ascertained by the DSC method.     

Synthesis and efficiency of 5-(2-hydroxyphenylazo)-indazoles as new reagents for the determination of vanadium

Summary Four azo compounds based on 5-aminoindazole have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis as well as different spectroscopic techniques. The potentiality of the prepared compounds as new chromophoric reagents for the spectrophotometric determination of VO ₂ ⁺ was studied by extensive investigation of optimum conditions favouring the formation of the coloured complexes. The effect of interfering ions on the determination of VO ₂ ⁺ was investigated.Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range of 1.0–12 µg/ml. The detection limits are 0.8, 0.9, 0.7, and 1.1 µg/ml using reagent1a,1b,1c, and1d, respectively. The standard deviations of the proposed method are 0.098, 0.111, 0.089, and 0.078. The molar absorptivities are 5.8, 6.7, 6.1, and 8.2×10³l·mol^–1·cm^–1 for1a–d, respectively, whereasSandell sensitivities are found to be 0.0187, 0.0163, 0.0174, and 0.0146 µg·cm^–2 using the same reagents. The ability of using these reagents as metallochromic reagents in complexon III titrations was also studied.

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Synthese und Leistungsfähigkeit von 5-(Hydroxyphenylazo)-indazolen als neue Reagentien zur Bestimmung von Vanadium

Zusammenfassung Vier von 5-Aminoindazol abgeleitete Azoverbindungen wurden synthetisiert und mittels Elementaranalyse sowie mit Hilfe verschiedener spektroskopischer Techniken charakterisiert. Die Einsatzmöglichkeiten der Verbindungen als Reagentien zur spektrophotometrischen Bestimmung von VO ₂ ⁺ wurde durch ausführliche Untersuchungen zur Ermittlung der optimalen Bedingungen für die Ausbildung der gefärbten Komplexe ausgetestet. Der Einfluß von Fremdionen auf die Ergebnisse wurde ebenfalls untersucht. DasBeer'sche Gesetz wird im Konzentrationsbereich von 1.0–12µg/ml befolgt. Die Nachweisgrenzen liegen bei 0.8, 0.9, 0.7 und 1.1 µg/ml für die Reagentien1a–d. Die entsprechenden Standardabweichungen betragen 0.098, 0.111, 0.089 und 0.078. Die Komplexe zeigen molare Extinktionen von 5.8, 6.7, 6.1 und 8.2×10³l·mol^–1·cm^–1 und Empfindlichkeiten nachSandell von 0.0187, 0.0163, 0.0174 und 0.0146 für die jeweiligen Verbindungen1a–d. Die Verwendungsmöglichkeit der neuen Verbindungen als metallochrome Reagentien bei Titrationen mit Komplexon III war ebenfalls Gegenstand der Untersuchungen.

     

色谱／质谱定量分析技术在纺织品禁用偶氮染料测试中的应用

建立了偶氮染料印染的纺织品中有害芳胺的ＧＣ／ＭＳ定量分析方法。     

Thermal behaviour of some industrial and food dyes

Thermal behavior of four food dyes, i.e. tartrazine, crysoine, azorubine and amarant was studied under non-isothermal conditions, in dynamic air atmosphere and at heating rates of 5, 10, 15 and 20°C min^–1. The TG data were correlated to the FTIR spectra of each sample, before and after the thermal decomposition. Kinetic study by processing the TG data was performed. The main conclusion of this study is that the non-parametric kinetic method allows a separation of the steps of a complex process and that the values of the activation energy obtained by this method agree satisfactory with that of Flynn–Wall–Ozawa estimation.     

凝胶净化/超高效液相色谱电喷雾质谱法检测调味油中11种禁用偶氮染料及罗丹明B

建立了凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)净化/超高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联四极杆质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)同时检测调味油中11种脂溶性偶氮类工业染料(苏丹红Ⅰ、苏丹红Ⅱ、苏丹红Ⅲ、苏丹红Ⅳ、苏丹红7B、苏丹红G、苏丹黄、苏丹橙G、苏丹蓝Ⅱ、甲苯胺红、对位红)和罗丹明B的分析方法。样品经乙酸乙酯-环己烷(1∶1)提取,采用凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)去除大分子油脂、天然色素等干扰物质;以乙腈-0.1%甲酸为流动相,目标化合物在梯度洗脱条件下经C18柱分离后采用多离子反应监测(MRM)正离子模式进行检测。结果表明:调味油中12种工业染料的线性范围为1～50μg/L,定量下限(LOQ)为0.2～2.5μg/kg,在5、20、40μg/L 3个加标水平下的回收率为54%～125%,相对标准偏差为2.5%～17.2%。随机抽取市售35份样品进行检测,其中两份样品检出罗丹明B。该方法操作简便、灵敏度高,实现了11种禁用偶氮染料和罗丹明B的同时提取和净化,适合于调味油中非法添加脂溶性偶氮工业染料和罗丹明B的筛查与确证。