Pj. Alonso et al., PERSISTENCE OF SHORT-RANGE ORDER IN THE FLUID PHASES OF A MESOGEN COPPER COMPLEX STUDIED BY EPR, Liquid crystals, 13(4), 1993, pp. 585-596
The synthesis and thermal characterization of a new copper complex, (4
-n-pentoxyphenyl)-4-n-decyloxysalicylaldiminate] Cu(II), having mesomo
rphic properties is given. The EPR spectrum of this material has been
measured for its different phases as a function of temperature. The re
sults are compared with those for two other Cu(II) compounds, bis[4-n-
decyloxysalicylate] Cu[II) and bis[N-(n-pentyl)-4-n-decyloxysalicylald
iminate] Cu(II) which have a related molecular structure, but are not
mesomorphic. The influence on the spectra of exchange interactions in
all the phases, as well as the molecular motion in the fluid phases is
discussed, and it is concluded that the exchange interactions are not
destroyed by the molecular motion. These facts suggest that molecular
motion in the high temperature phases takes places whilst keeping a s
hort range order, resulting in a locally correlated motion.