Spatially resolved mapping of phase transitions in liquid-crystalline materials by X-ray birefringence imaging

DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05285A

Authors: Yating Zhou (Cardiff University) , Rhian Patterson (Cardiff University; Diamond Light Source) , Benjamin A. Palmer (University of Cardiff; Weizmann Institute of Science) , Gregory Edwards-Gau (Cardiff University) , Benson M. Kariuki (Cardiff University) , N. S. Saleesh Kumar (University of York) , Duncan W. Bruce (University of York) , Igor P. Dolbnya (Diamond Light Source) , Stephen P. Collins (Diamond Light Source) , Andrew Malandain (Diamond Light Source) , Kenneth D. M. Harris (Cardiff University)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Chemical Science , VOL 33

State: Published (Approved)
Published: January 2019
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 11893 , 13819

Abstract: The X-ray Birefringence Imaging (XBI) technique, first reported in 2014, is a sensitive method for spatially resolved mapping of the local orientational properties of anisotropic materials. We report the first application of the XBI technique to characterize molecular orientational ordering in a liquid crystalline material, demonstrating significant potential for exploiting XBI measurements to advance structural understanding of liquid crystal phases.

Subject Areas: Chemistry, Technique Development


Instruments: B16-Test Beamline

Added On: 07/02/2019 09:43

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Technique Development - Chemistry Chemistry

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