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Phase behavior of a thermotropic cubic mesogen 4'-n-hexadecyloxy-3'-nitro- biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid under pressure
Authors:Y Maeda  S Kutsumizu
Institution:(1) Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan;(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
Abstract:The phase behavior of an optically isotropic cubic mesogen 4'-n-hexadecyloxy-3'-nitrobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid (ANBC-16) was investigated under hydrostatic pressures up to 200 MPa using a high-pressure DTA, a polarizing optical microscope equipped with a high-pressure hot-stage and a wide-angle X-ray diffractometer equipped with a high-pressure vessel. In the T vs. P phase diagram constructed in the heating mode, a triple point exists at 54±1 MPa and 205±1°C for the SmC, cubic, and SmA phases. A new mesophase, denoted here as X, appears in place of the cubic phase under pressures above about 60 MPa, while the X phase appears on cooling in the whole pressure region studied. Thus the X phase is a monotropic (metastable) phase between the SmA and Cub phases in the low pressure region, while being an enantiotropic phase between the SmA and SmC phases in the high pressure range. The X phase exhibits broken-fan or sand-like textures under pressure and a spot-like diffraction pattern, indicating the birefringent feature and no layered structure. It is suggested that the X phase is tetragonal or hexagonal columnar phase. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
Keywords:ANBC-16  high-pressure DTA  pressure-induced mesophase  thermotropic cubic mesogen  triple point  T vs  P phase diagram
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