1. Key Laboratory of Molecular Spectrum and Structure, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P. R. China;2. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P. R. China
Abstract:
FTIR spectroscopy was used to study the conformational changes occurring in the crystalline(K), smectic(S) and isotropic(I) phases of a chiral schiff base typed liquid crystal compound.The most prominent changes occur at the K-S transition. Wavenumber shifts as well as changes in band intensity are analyzed in terms of variations of intra- and inter-molecular interactions.