应变液晶散射偏光片的试制

介绍了聚合物分散液晶(PDLC)和应变液晶(SLC)以及散射偏光片的概念,实验制备了应变液晶散射偏光片样品,样品由两张胶片夹层聚合物分散液晶膜在紫外光固化过程中施加剪切应力所形成。给出了样品偏光显微镜照片和可见光分光光度计偏光特性光谱分析。实验结果表明,应变液晶散射偏光片样品外观半透明,在正交偏光场中转动样品有颜色变化,通过样品观察液晶显示器屏幕,在不同角度下有透射和散射作用,在偏光显微镜中观察样品有衬垫料被拉动的痕迹,光谱分析显示样品在绿光550nm波长处最大透光率T∥≈50%,最小透光率T⊥≈5%,偏振度P≈82%。实验结果对于研制实用的拉伸液晶散射偏光片具有参考意义。     

QENS study of molecular motions in partially deuterated liquid crystal 4BT

Molecular rotational dynamic in the crystalline and smectic E phases of selectively deuterated (in the outer phenyl ring) 4-n-butyl-isothiocyanatobiphenyl was investigated by means of quasielastic neutron scattering. The 120° reorientation of the methyl group in the crystal phase could be identified at 125 K. Additionally, ring flips were seen at 200 K. The structure of crystal and smectic E phases was obtained by X-ray measurements and the data give the identification of type of solid phases.     

富勒烯-PVP聚合物链团结构的中子小角散射实验研究

应用中子小角散射技术研究了水溶液中富勒烯-PVP聚合物的链团结构及其大小以及它们在不 同富勒烯含量下的变化.结果表明：当加入富勒烯后，不论是PVP单体分子链还是大分子链团 ，其相关长度与纯PVP溶液相比均变小，且大分子链团的变化更为明显；在不同富勒烯含量 情况下，高富勒烯含量的富勒烯-PVP分子链团的体积更小. 关键词： 中子小角散射 富勒烯 PVP聚合物     

剪切聚合物分散液晶散射偏光特性

介绍了拉伸聚合物分散液晶和散射偏光片概念,实验制备了剪切聚合物分散液晶样品,给出了对聚合物分散液晶样品施加剪切应力的偏光特性光谱分析.实验结果表明,吸收偏光片前置和后置样品的散射偏光效果相同,样品在绿光550nm波长处最大透光率T//～60%,最小透光率T┴～10%,偏振度P～70%.实验结果对于其他散射偏光片具有普遍...     

中子散射技术及其应用

热中子的波长和凝聚态物质的原子/分子间距具有相同的量级,而其能量又和原子/分子的热运动能量相近.因此,利用热中子的弹性和非弹性散射效应,可以从微观层次上获取物质的结构和动力学知识.目前,中子散射技术在物理、化学、化工、生物和材料科学等研究领域的应用已经获得了许多用其他方法无法得到的知识. 文章介绍了中子散射的基本原理和特点,并列举了中子散射技术在相关研究领域中的典型应用     

铁电液晶MBOPDOB相变的光散射研究

我们对铁电液晶 MBOPDOB 进行了温度有关的拉曼散射研究。在低频范围记录了三条拉曼谱线(15,49,93cm~(-1))。其中15和49cm~(-1)谱线消失于 C-Sm C相变温度,没有检测到任何频移现象。93cm~(-1)拉曼线产生部分频移,消失于各向同性相,联系着偶极-偶极互作用。高频范围四个振动模(1178和1116cm~(-1),1710和1738cm~(-1))之间能量转移归于由电子转移引起的 C=0键硬化和 C-0健的弱化。同时也讨论了该液晶 Sm C-Sm A 相变的二级连续型特征。     

非常规超导体的中子散射研究

非常规超导机理仍然是一个未解之谜,它是凝聚态物理研究的重要课题。非常规超导电性大多发生在磁不稳态附近,所以确定非常规超导体的磁结构和磁激发行为对理解其超导机制非常关键。中子带有磁矩,是探测超导体磁性的有力工具。文章将以本课题组近年来开展的工作为例,介绍几种中子散射技术在研究非常规超导体的晶体结构和磁关联行为以及超导配对对称性方面的应用。     

Molecular structure and physical parameters of some ferroelectric liquid crystal systems

We investigate thermodynamic properties and spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric liquid crystal (SmC^*LC) systems: smectic C matrix + chiral adding (ChA). The fact of existence of an optimum concentration of ChA, for which the studied SmC^*LC systems have the maximum value of spontaneous polarization, and a certain concentration, at which the phase transition of the chiral tilted smectic C phase to the smectic A phase occurs, is established. Temperature dependence curves for the free energy, configuration energy, specific heat, and the orientational order parameter are calculated in the temperature range of existence of liquid crystal mesophases. The curves are in good agreement with the experimentally observed trends of the SmC^*LC properties.     

剪切液晶散射偏光玻璃的研制与应用

介绍了聚合物分散液晶、剪切液晶、散射偏光片以及透明投影屏幕等概念。实验制备了剪切液晶散射偏光玻璃样品,样品由两张玻璃夹层聚合物分散液晶膜在紫外光固化过程中施加剪切应力制成。实验给出了样品偏光显微镜照片和透光率以及雾度随透光轴与入射偏振光偏振方向夹角的变化曲线。剪切液晶散射偏光玻璃外观半透明,存在透光轴。散射偏光玻璃与吸收偏光片组合具有调光窗功能,与单片液晶投影机或单片硅上液晶投影机配套还能用作背投影成像效果十分清晰的透明投影屏幕。     

Applications of liquid crystal polymers

The science and technology of liquid crystal polymers is selectively reviewed with an emphasis on those aspects key to successful commercial utility. The importance of the low viscosity demonstrated by nematic polymers under commercial processing conditions, coupled with the low volume change on cooling and high thermal stability associated with these nematogens, is identified as the major factor behind the success of the thermotropic copolyester as a high-performance molding resin. The developing area of side-chain liquid crystal polymers as electro-optical media is discussed, stressing the importance of combining function and processibility for ultimate commercial viability. Potential markets and projected commercial growth rates are discussed from the point of view of the enabling science needed to successfully define and implement new commercial applications for liquid crystal polymers.     

PMRD investigations of molecular dynamics and phase transitions in the liquid crystal 6CHBT

Proton Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (PMRD) measurements were carried out over a wide Larmor frequency range near the isotropic-nematic transition temperature (T _NI) and in the mid nematic phase of a low viscous liquid crystal 4-(trans-4′-hexylcyclohexyl)-isothiocyanatobenzene (6CHBT), with a view to examining the pre-transitional effects just above isotropic-nematic transition (T > T _NI) and the role of director fluctuations (DF) on the nematic phase stability of this system. The results near the transition indicate critical slowing down of the short-range nematic order modes just above T _NI with a mean field critical exponent characterizing the coherence length (ξ). The observed temperature independence of the correlation time associated with the reorientations (τ_R) and the extension of DF mode spectrum, in the mid-nematic phase, to relatively higher resonance frequencies seem to suggest fairly low hindering barriers for the tumbling of the molecules about their short axes.     

中子散射技术在功能性材料中的应用

中子散射技术能够有效探测物质微观尺度的特性,尤其是在磁性探测方面具有独特的优势,因而在科学研究方面应用越来越广泛。文章结合作者的研究领域,介绍了中子散射技术在研究一些功能性材料中的应用及成果。包括铁电材料BiFeO₃中自旋,声子的激发谱,热电材料PeTe中声子特殊的动态行为,以及磁性材料Mn_1-xCo_xV₂O₄中自旋波的特性,并分析了材料中自旋、电子、晶格、轨道的相互耦合作用。     

Small-angle neutron scattering studies of sodium butyl benzene sulfonate aggregates in aqueous solution

The aggregation behaviour of a hydrotrope, sodiumn-butyl benzene sulfonate (Na-NBBS), in aqueous solutions is investigated by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Nearly ellipsoidal aggregates of Na-NBBS at concentrations well above its minimum hydrotrope concentration were detected by SANS. The hydrotrope seems to form self-assemblies with aggregation number of 36–40 with a substantial charge on the aggregate. This aggregation number is weakly affected by the hydrotrope concentration.     

Neutron scattering studies of the D-O and D-12 cyclohexane under high pressure

Abstract

Preliminary results of neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering studies under high pressure of normal (D-O) and deuterated (D-12) cyclohexane are presented.     

Light propagation in highly birefringent photonic liquid crystal fibers

Photonic liquid crystal fibers have already been demonstrated as a promising perspective for creation of new classes of dynamically tunable optical fiber devices. By combining different geometries of photonic crystal fibers with a variety of different liquid crystals it is possible to obtain a new generation of fibers with dynamically tunable properties, e.g., transmission spectra, attenuation or dispersion. In this paper, tunable birefringence in a commercially available highly birefringent Blazephotonics PM-1550-01 photonic crystal fiber selectively filled with a low birefringence liquid crystal has been experimentally demonstrated. Theses experimental results have been compared with simulations based on the multipole method.     

低散射非偏振依赖的聚合物/液晶光栅

了降低聚合物/液晶光栅的散射损失,并消除光栅的偏振依赖性,选取了低官能度的光敏单体作为反应体系,并逐步提高光栅的制备温度。首先选用五官能度的DPHPA （dipentaerythritol hydroxyl pentaacrylate）、双官能度的PDDA（ phthalic diglycol diacrylate）以及单官能度的NVP （N-vinylpyrrolidone）作为反应体系;其次,在制备过程中在光栅的后面放置加热台,逐步提升制备温度。实验结果表明:当制备温度上升到62 ℃以上,光栅有更多（36%）的液晶析出,相分离比常温下制备时要更完全一些,而且高温下制备的光栅其平整度更高,从而使光栅的散射损失比常温下减小了66.7%,器件的SEM图片也进一步证明了这个结论。同时高温制备也消除了液晶光栅的偏振依赖特性。     

Small-angle neutron scattering study of aggregate structures of multi-headed pyridinium surfactants in aqueous solution

The aggregate structures of a set of novel single-chain surfactants bearing one, two and three pyridinium headgroups have been studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). It is found that the nature of aggregate structures of these cationic surfactants depend on the number of headgroups present in the surfactants. The single-headed pyridinium surfactant forms the lamellar structure, whereas surfactants with double and triple headgroups form micelles in water. The aggregates shrink in size with increase in the number of headgroups in the surfactants. The aggregation number (N) continually decreases and the fractional charge (α) increases with more number of headgroups on the surfactants. The semimajor axis (a) and semiminor axis (b = c) of the micelle also decrease with the increase in the number of headgroups in the surfactants. This indicates that hydrocarbon chains in such micelles prepared from multiheaded surfactants adopt bent conformation and no longer stay in extended conformation.     

Temperature dependent small-angle neutron scattering of CTABr—magnetic fluid emulsion

Small-angle neutron scattering studies have been carried out to check the structural integrity of citryltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr) micelles in a magnetic fluid for different magnetic fluid concentrations at two different temperatures 303 and 333 K. It is found that the CTABr micelles grow with increasing magnetic fluid concentration and there is a decrease in the micellar size with increase in temperature.     

Photonic liquid crystal fibers — a new challenge for fiber optics and liquid crystals photonics

The paper reviews and discusses the latest developments in the field of the photonic liquid crystal fibers that have occurred for the last three years in view of new challenges for both fiber optics and liquid crystal photonics. In particular, we present the latest experimental results on electrically induced birefringence in photonic liquid crystal fibers and discuss possibilities and directions of future developments.     

中子散射对快中子照相质量影响的分析

通过一内空的圆柱体模型，对在快中子照相时由样品引起的散射中子强度与样品形状和探测距离之间的关系进行模拟，并用^241Am—Be作中子源对散射中子的影响进行实验验证。结果表明，在快中子照相时，由样品引起的散射中子的强度与探测距离以及样品形状有关。对于同一样品，探测距离增加，散射中子的影响则降低。The relationships between intensities of scattered neutrons by specimens and their shapes and detecting distances have been simulated using a hollow cylinder model, and the results were validated by experiments of fast neutron imaging using ^241Am-Be neutron source. The results showed that the intensities of scattered neutrons are closely related to the detecting distances and sample＇ s shapes. The influences of scattered neutronns in fast neutron imaging will be reduced while detecting distances increased.