Abstract
The molecular dynamics of discotic liquid crystalline hexa-peri- hexabenzocoronenes (HBC-C10,6 and HBC-C14,10) with long alkyl side chains branched in close vicinity to the HBC aromatic core were studied by dielectric spectroscopy. The two compounds display a weak dipolar relaxation (α-process) manifested by a Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann (VFT) dependence and have almost the same glass temperature (∼215 K) in excellent agreement with the value from differential scanning calorimetry. The origin of this process is the freezing of the in-plane disc rotation. Controlled experiments revealed that the weak dipole moment associated with the α-process is due to oxidation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 244105 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 18 Jun 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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