Study of Structure and Dynamics of Thermotropics Based on Quasi-Binary Picture

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26288031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Functional solid state chemistry
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Kazuya 筑波大学, 数理物質科学系, 教授 (30195979)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 菱田 真史 筑波大学, 数理物質系, 助教 (70519058) ; 山村 泰久 筑波大学, 数理物質系, 准教授 (80303337)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 液晶 / ミクロ相分離 / テラヘルツ分光

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the quasi-binary picture of thermotropic liquid crystals, which was proposed for systems consisting of molecules having a core-chain structure by the authors, comprehensive studies have been performed on selected thermotropics of layered structures. The outcomes have been presented in international and/or domestic conferences and published in journals. The subjects covers, observation and analyses of anisotropic diffusion, swelling behaviors of SmE phases, elucidation of aggregation mode through analyses of systematics, proposal of an exotic (chiral cubic) liquid crystalline phase, and construction of a THz-time domain spectrometer and its application to spectroscopic study of lattice vibrations of SmE phase.

Free Research Field

物性物理化学