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Alignment of 17 O-enriched water-endofullerene H 2 O@C 60 in a liquid crystal matrix

Alignment of 17 O-enriched water-endofullerene H 2 O@C 60 in a liquid crystal matrix

Karel Kouřil, Benno Meier, Shamim Alom, Richard J Whitby, Malcolm H Levitt

Faraday Discuss. 2018 Dec 13;212(0):517-532.

PMID: 30238100

Abstract:

We present a 17O and 1H NMR study of molecular endofullerene H2O@C60 dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline (MBBA). The 17O NMR peak is split into five components by the 17O residual quadrupolar coupling, each of which is split into a triplet by the 1H-17O residual dipolar coupling and scalar coupling. The splittings are analysed in terms of the partial alignment of the encapsulated water molecules. Order parameters describing the alignment are estimated. It is found that the preferential orientation of the endohedral water molecule has the molecular plane perpendicular to the liquid crystal director.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP26227736	N-(4-Methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline		26227-73-6	Price

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