Volume 30, Issue 4 pp. 785-790
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Liquid Crystalline Behaviours of the Complexes Based on 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivative and Benzoic Acid

Chengxiao Zhao

Chengxiao Zhao

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Haitao Wang

Haitao Wang

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Xia Ran

Xia Ran

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Binglian Bai

Binglian Bai

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Yan Zhang

Yan Zhang

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Min Li

Corresponding Author

Min Li

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China, Tel.: 0086-0431-8516 8254Search for more papers by this author
First published: 10 April 2012
Citations: 4

Abstract

A non-liquid crystal compound (4-POXD-6) containing the 1,3,4-oxadiazole group and pyridyl (py) group was synthesized. And a series of supramolecular mesogenic complexes were obtained by mixing 4-POXD-6 and 4-alkoxybenzoic acids (Cn, n=6, 8, 12). The liquid crystalline properties of 4-POXD-6/Cn (n=6, 8, 12) were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, and wide-angle X-ray diffraction. It was found that 4-POXD-6/Cn (6, 8) display monotropic nematic and smectic A phases, while 4-POXD-6/C12 exhibits a SmX phase in the heating process and a SmA phase in the cooling run. Variable-temperature FTIR spectroscopic studies revealed hydrogen bonds existed in both crystalline and liquid crystalline phases.

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