ON SOME TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES HAVING ORIENTATIONAL PROPERTIES(II) - COPPER(II) COMPLEXES

Authors
FRUNZA S FRUNZA L STOENESCU DN MOLDOVAN R BEICA T
Citation
S. Frunza et al., ON SOME TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES HAVING ORIENTATIONAL PROPERTIES(II) - COPPER(II) COMPLEXES, Crystal research and technology, 30(5), 1995, pp. 637-641
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Crystal research and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02321300
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
637 - 641
Database
ISI
SICI code
0232-1300(1995)30:5<637:OSTCHO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Alignment layers containing copper(II) complexes with acrylic acid or poly polyvinylpyrrolidone show homeotropic orientational properties. T his behaviour is supposed to be due to the particular structure of the complex copper(II) ions. We give spectroscopic arguments to support t he anchoring of liquid crystal (LC) molecules by coordination to the c opper ion within the alignment layer.