Ionic dynamics in the rotator phase of n-alkylammonium chlorides (C6–C10), studied by1H nuclear magnetic resonance, electrical conductivity and thermal measurements
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions
- Vol. 89 (5) , 827-831
- https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9938900827
Abstract
1 H NMR, electrical conductivity and thermal measurements have been performed on the rotator phase of n-alkylammonium chlorides CnH2n+1 NH3Cl (n= 6–10). Rapid two-dimensional self-diffusion and uniaxial rotation of the long rod-like cations were observed in all salts studied by measuring 1H NMR spin–lattice relaxation times T1 and T1ρ, indicating the highly disordered structure of the rotator phase. Marked ionic self-diffusion was detected in this phase by measuring a.c. electrical conductivity which increased to ca. 10–2 S m–1 near the respective melting temperatures. Analysing the NMR relaxation and conductivity data, it was found that the anions also diffuse in this phase to a similar extent to the cations. From the characteristic dynamic behaviour in this phase, together with the small melting entropies (–1 mol–1) reported, the rotator phase can be considered to be a low-dimensional plastic crystal or an intermediate state between the plastic crystal and smectic liquid crystal.Keywords
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