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44 2 Srgnientcrl Mobility of Liquid Crystcr1.Y mid Lipid-Cryctallirzc <strong>Polymer</strong>.\<br />

TRIGGER PULSE<br />

SIHEWRUE<br />

GENERATOR<br />

SPEC TROMETER<br />

ELECTRONIC CONTROL ~ - - - l f l i , b<br />

___ SAMPLE CELL<br />

/I<br />

I<br />

Figure 2-9. Block diagram of the electronic measurement set-up.<br />

ORIENTATION<br />

PERIODICRL<br />

EVENT<br />

RELAXRTION<br />

TRIGGER<br />

PULSE (TTL)<br />

E 25 50 258 TIME/ms<br />

Figure 2-10. Time scale of the periodic event, control signal and data collection sequence for the<br />

step-scan measurements.<br />

2.5.3 Results and Discussion<br />

2.5.3.1 p-Cyanophenyl p-n-Hexylbenzoate (6CPB) in a Switching<br />

Experiment<br />

The FTIR polarization spectra of a prealigned 6CPB in the nematic phase are presented<br />

in Figure 2-11. The band assignment of the most prominent absorptions<br />

based on the spectral analysis of similar compounds [59, 551 is given in Table 2-1.<br />

The v(C-N) band (2230 cin-') and the two v(C=C)~~ stretching bands (1605 and<br />

1503 cm-') are polarized along the long axis of the mesogenic group and show<br />

parallel dichroisni with All > A1 (Ail and Al are the absorbance values measured

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