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

Yating Zhou, Rhian Patterson, Benjamin Palmer, Gregory Edwards-Gau, Benson Kariuki, Saleesh Kumar Nambalan Sivaraman, Duncan Watson Bruce, Igor Dolbnya, Stephen Collins, Andrew Malandain, Kenneth Harris

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3005-3011
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Science
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Mar 2019

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