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Novel Liquid Crystal Compounds and Its Mixtures for VA-TFT-LCD TV Application

  • Kim, Y.B.;Roh, S.D.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.471-474
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    • 2002
  • Three-ring types liquid crystalline compounds having fluoro and isothiocyanate substituent were synthesized and their physical and electro-optical properties were measured to evaluate the applications to active matrix VA liquid crystal displays. The tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) catalyzed cross coupling of aryl boronic acids with aryl halides is used to prepare trans-4'-Alkoxy-2,3-difluoro-3'-isothiocyanato-4-(4-alkylcyclohexyl}-biphenyl series. The synthesized compounds showed the nematic liquid crystalline phase and the negative dielectric anisotropy. The prepared mixtures showed faster response time and lower threshold voltage than their host mixture.

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Morphology Control of Single Crystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanowires

  • Park, Yi-Seul;Lee, Jin-Seok
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.10
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    • pp.3571-3574
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    • 2011
  • Nano-scaled metal oxides have been attractive materials for sensors, photocatalysis, and dye-sensitization for solar cells. We report the controlled synthesis and characterization of single crystalline $TiO_2$ nanowires via a catalyst-assisted vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) and vapor-solid (VS) growth mechanism during TiO powder evaporation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies show that as grown $TiO_2$ materials are one-dimensional (1D) nano-structures with a single crystalline rutile phase. Also, energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy indicates the presence of both Ti and O with a Ti/O atomic ratio of 1 to 2. Various morphologies of single crystalline $TiO_2$ nano-structures are realized by controlling the growth temperature and flow rate of carrier gas. Large amount of reactant evaporated at high temperature and high flow rate is crucial to the morphology change of $TiO_2$ nanowire.

Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of New Achiral Liquid Crystals with 3-Alkoxy-2-(alkoxymethyl)-1-propoxy Swallow-Tails

  • Kang, Kyung-Tae;Kim, Jeong-Tak;Hwang, Ryeo-Yun;Park, Song-Ju;Lee, Seng-Kue;Lee, Jong-Gun;Kim, Yong-Bae
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1939-1944
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    • 2007
  • New liquid crystalline (biphenylcarbonyloxy)benzoates with an achiral swallow-tail derived from 3-alkoxy-2- (alkoxymethyl)-1-propanol [(ROCH2)2CHCH2OH, R = Me, Et, Pr, Bu] were prepared. These liquid crystals exhibited the phase sequence (I-SmA-SmCalt-(SmCX)-Cr) and showed antiferroelectric-like Smectic C phase (SmCalt) at temperature lower, and temperature range broader than do the compounds containing a branched alkyl group as a swallow-tail. The temperature ranges of antiferroelectric phase were found to be 30-90 oC and crystallization temperatures were 4-60 oC. The binary mixture of an achiral swallow-tailed liquid crystal and a chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal, (S)-MHPOBC showed antiferroelectric smectic C phase at temperature much lower than the single chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal does.

Blends containing two thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers: Effects of transesterification on miscibility and rheology

  • Hsieh, Tsung-Tang;Carlos Tiu;Hsieh, Kuo-Huang;George P. Simon
    • Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.255-263
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    • 1999
  • Blends of two thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers, HX2000 and Vectra A950, were prepared by melt blending. Effects of transesterification on these blends are investigated by comparing properties of the blends with and without the addition of an inhibitor, in terms of blend miscibility and rheology. Both the uninhibited and inhibited blends are found to be largely immiscible with very limited miscibility in HX2000-rich phase. No strong evidence indicates the occurrence of transesterification in the blends in the solid state. Dynamic rheological behaviour, such as shear storage modulus (G') and shear loss modulus (G") as a function of frequency, of the blends are interpreted by a three-zone model. HX2000 shows terminal-zone and plateau-zone behaviour, whilst Vectra A950 shows plateau-zone and transition-zone behaviour. The un- inhibited blends show plateau-zone behaviour up to 50% Vectra A950 content and the inhibited blends show plateau-zone behaviour up to 60% Vectra A950 content. Compositional dependence of the complex viscosities of the uninhibited and inhibited blends displayed positive deviations from additivity, which is a characteristic feature for the immiscible thermoplastic blends. When under steady shear, both the uninhibited and inhibited blends show shear thinning behaviour and their viscosities decrease monotonically with the addition of Vectra A950. Compositional dependence of the steady shear viscosities of the two sets of blends displayed negative deviations from additivity and the uninhibited blends were more viscous than the inhibited blends for the full composition range. Although limited agreement with the Cox-Merz rule is found for the inhibited blends, these two sets of blends, in general, do not follow the rule due to their liquid crystalline order and two-phase morphology. Despite being immiscible blends, transesterification, such as polymerization, in the blends might occur during the rheological characterization, supported by the facts that uninhibited blends show HX2000-dominant behaviour at lower Vectra A950 content and are more viscous than the inhibited blends. The addition of transesterification inhibitor in such blends is advised if only physical mixing is desired.ired.

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Lyotropic Behaviors of a Phospholipid-based Lamella Liquid Crystalline Phase Hydrated by Propylene Glycol as a Polar Solvent: Correlation of DSPC vs PG Concentration

  • Jeong, Tae-Hwa;Oh, Seong-Geun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.108-114
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    • 2007
  • The lyotropic behaviors to form the structure of distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC)-based liquid crystal (LC) hydrated by only propylene glycol (PG) without water were examined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffractions (XRD), polarized microscope (PM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). By increasing the amount of PG instead of water, it showed the phase transition to be gradually changed from anisotropic structures to other structures more close to isotropic ones and their appearance to be changed from solid-like states to liquid-like ones with more fluidity. Below 50% w/w PG, the mixtures of DSPC and PG resulted in no direct observation of LC structure through PM because they were very close to solid-states. From 55% w/w to 90% w/w of PG, the dense lamella crystalline structures were observed through PM, and their thickness and area decreased as the content of PG increased. Measured by DSC with heating process, the main phase transition from α -lamella phase to isotropic phase appeared from 52.89 °C to 47.41 °C to show linearly decreasing behaviors because PG affects the hydrophobic region of DSPC-based lamella phase. The repeating distance of the lamella phase and the interlayer distance between bilayers were calculated with XRDs and the average number of bilayers related to the thickness in LC structure was approximately estimated by combining with TEM results. The WAXS and DSC measurements showed that all of PG molecules contributed to swelling both the lipid layer in the edge region of lamella phase close to phosphate groups and the interlayer between bilayers below 90% w/w of PG. The phase and thermal behaviors were found to depend on the amount of PG used by means of dissolving DSPC as a phospholipid and rearranging its structure. Instead of water, the inducement of PG as a polar solvent in solid-lamella phase is discussed in terms of the swelling effect of PG for DSPC-based lamella membrane.

Phase Distribution, Microstructure, and Electrical Characteristics of NASICON Compounds

  • N.H. Cho;Kang, Hee-Bok;Kim, Y.H.
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.179-184
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    • 1995
  • Sodium superionic conductor (NASICON) compounds were prepared. The effects of sintering temperature and cooling rate on the formation and the distribution of crystalline NASICON and $ZrO_3$ second phase were investigated. In the von Alpen-type composition, the $ZrO_2$ second phase is in thermal equilibrium with the crystalline NASICON above $1320^{\circ}C$, but when cooled through 1260-$1320^{\circ}C$ crystalline NASICON was formed by reaction between $ZrO_2$ and liquid phase. Very slow cooling ($1^{\circ}C$/hr) to $1260^{\circ}C$ from sintering temperature decreased the amount of sodium which prevents the formation of the crystalline NASICON resulted high number of $ZrO_2$ grains near the surface of some sintered bodies. Maximum electrical conductivity of 0.200 ohm-1cm-1 was obtained at $300^{\circ}C$ for well-sintered samples with little $ZrO_3$. On the other hand, low conductivities were obtained for rapid-cooled samples which have less dense microstructure.

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Effects of Edge Activator on the Droplet Size and Skin Permeation of Hydrated Liquid Crystalline Vesicles (Edge Activator가 수화 액정형 베시클의 입자크기와 피부 침투에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Seo Young;Lim, Yoon Mi;Jin, Byung Suk
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.679-684
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    • 2017
  • Hydrated liquid crystalline vesicles incorporating a edge activator, which confers flexibility to the vesicle membranes, were prepared and niacinamide was encapsulated in them. The formation of liquid crystalline phases and their thermal phase transitions were investigated by polarized optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. Droplet sizes of the vesicles were reduced to several tens of nanometers by incorporating edge activators, such as sodium deoxycholate, lysolecithin, or polysorbate 80. The amount of niacinamide permeated into a pig skin increased greatly using the hydrated liquid crystalline vesicles compared to the case where niacinamide was applied in an aqueous solution state. The vesicles incorporating 10% sodium deoxycholate increased the amount of niacinamide permeated nearly four times. These results suggest that edge activators are effective in improving the skin permeability of vesicles.

Pseudo Liquid Crystallinity and Characteristics of PHB/PEN/PET Melt Blend (PHB/PEN/PET 삼상계 용융혼합물의 의사액정상 및 특성연구)

  • 박재기;정봉재;김성훈
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 2000
  • Poly(p-hydroxybenzoate) (PHB)/poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) 8/2 thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester, poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PEN) and PET were mechanically blended to obtain the pseudo liquid crystalline (LC) phase of ternary blends. The torque values of blends with increasing PHB content were abruptly decreased above 40 wt% of PHB content, because the melt viscosity of ternary blends decreased. Tensile strength and initial modulus of blends containing above 30 wt% PHB were improved with increasing PHB content. Tensile strength and modulus of fiber were increased with PHB contents and take-up speed. Degree of transesterification and randomness of blends were increased with blending time. The blend of 40 wt% PHB was shown pseudo LC phase in the polarized optical photographs. Crystallinity of PHB/PEN/PET ternary blend were increased with PHB content.

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Rheological Implications of mesomorphic Order in the Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Systems (유방성 액정고분자계에 있어서 중간상의 분자배열 규칙성의 유변학적 해석)

  • 김병철
    • The Korean Journal of Rheology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.200-205
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    • 1997
  • 등방상에서는 폴리파라페닐렌테레프탈아미드(PPD-T)와 히드록시 프로필 셀룰로오 스(HPC)가 비슷한 유변학적 거동을 보였다. 그러나 이방성에서는 네마틱상을 형성하는 PPD-T와 콜레스테릭상(또는 꼬인 네마틱상)을 형성하는 HPC는 상이한 유변학적 특성을 나타냈다. 이방상을 나타내는 임계농도(C*)이상의 농도에서 Herchel-Bulkey 모델에 의해 얻 어진 항복응력을 보면 HPC의 경우 농도에 관계없이 거의 일정한 값을 나타낸 반면PPD-T 의경우에는 농도증가와 더불어 항북응력값이 크게 증가하였다. 또한 PPD-T가 일\ulcorner거으로 HPC보다 큰값의 항복응력을 나타냈다. 진동수 1 rad/s 에서는 PPD-T와 HPCahen 탄성계 수 G'/2G"가 농도의 증가와 더불어 증가하엿다. 그러나 100rad/s 에서는 HPCdmlruddn 임계농도이상의 농도에서 농도증가와 더불어 탄성계수값이 단순감소한 반면 PPD-T의 경우 에는 포화농도(B-point)이상의 농도에서 농도증가와 더불어 탄성계수값이 계속적으로 증가 하였다. HPC의 경우 저장탄성률이 변형정도의 영향을 받지 않았으나 PPD-T의 경우에는 저장탄성률이 변형정도에 매우 민감하였다.

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A STUDY ON THE LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYAMIDE

  • Lee, Chul-Joo;Min, Byoung-Gill;Son, Tea-Won;Yoon, Han-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 1987.06b
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    • pp.12-12
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    • 1987
  • To improve the fibrillation phenomenon and processibili to of poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide) (PPD-T) , a P/E copolyamide was prepared by introducing 4,4'-ethylene dianiline (EDA) into rigid chain backbone. The effects of semi-flexible segment on the liquid crystalline properties were investigated. The EDA, used as a comonomer, was prepared by catalylitic reduction of p,p'-dinitrophenyl , obtained by oxidative coupling of p,p'-dinitrotoluene. Various high molecular weight PIE copolyamides were prepared by low temperature solution polycondensation of terephthaloyl chloride (TPC) with various mixtures of p-phenylene diamine (PPD) and EOA. The PfE copolyamides were completely dissolved in 100% svlfuric acid, and the phase transition of P/E copolyamide-sulfuric acid systems was examined in teams of concentration and temperature. Over the chemical compositions, PIE=911, 812, and 713, solutions of anisotropic single phase were acquired. In particular, the two mixing ratios, 911 and 812, gave a good anisotropic spinning dope.

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