IR spectroscopic study of molecular associates of mesogenic cyanophenyls

Molecular association greatly affects the physicochemical properties of mes ogenic cyanophenyls, which are currently widely used as molecular materials for optoelectronics. This paper reports olt a polythermal IR spectroscopic study of molecular association for mesogenic alkyl/alkoxycyanobiphenyls an d their hydrated and heteroaromatic analogs in nonpolar solutions, low-temp erature inert matrices, and molecular condensate layers QI the temperature ranges of 5-10 and 80-330 K. Correlation of the thermodynamic parameters of association with molecular structure of cyanophenyls is established.