NMR of Liquid Crystal Dendrimers

Carlos R. Cruz received his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1994. He is a senior lecturer at Instituto Superior Técnico ( IST) and coordinator of the Complex Fluids NMR and Surfaces Group of CeFEMA (Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials), Technical University of Lisbon. His research work is mainly focused on liquid crystals experimental physics with particular emphasis on NMR and X-ray diffraction studies. In recent years he has been team leader in two European Projects on liquid crystal dendrimers. João L. Figueirinhas received his PhD in physics from Kent State University, Ohio, USA ,in 1987. He is currently a senior lecturer at IST and a researcher at CeFEMA. His main research interests focus on NMR spectroscopy and electro-optics of anisotropic fluids including liquid crystals, polymer liquid crystals and their composites. He has co-authored more than 70 research articles on those subjects. Pedro J. Sebastião received his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1993. He is a senior lecturer of physics at IST and a researcher at CeFEMA. His current research interests include NMR study of molecular dynamics in liquid crystals, ionic liquids and other soft matter systems, the development of new fast field cycling NMR technology and model fitting software.

Introduction. Liquid Crystals. Molecular Structures of Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers. Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. NMR spectroscopy of anisotropic fluid systems. NMR relaxation and molecular dynamics. NMR relaxometry and molecular dynamics. NMR spectroscopy of liquid crystal dendrimers. NMR relaxometry of liquid crystal dendrimers.