Volume 212, 2018

Alignment of 17O-enriched water–endofullerene H2O@C60 in a liquid crystal matrix

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.

Graphical abstract: Alignment of 17O-enriched water–endofullerene H2O@C60 in a liquid crystal matrix

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 May 2018
Accepted
14 Jun 2018
First published
14 Jun 2018

Faraday Discuss., 2018,212, 517-532

Alignment of 17O-enriched water–endofullerene H2O@C60 in a liquid crystal matrix

K. Kouřil, B. Meier, S. Alom, R. J. Whitby and M. H. Levitt, Faraday Discuss., 2018, 212, 517 DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00095F

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