title: Dipolar quasi-invariants in 1H NMR of nematic thermotropic liquid crystals.
abstract: We analyze the experimental conditions needed for creating two kinds of dipolar order, namely, intrapair and interpair order in thermotropic liquid crystals. By adapting to the case of liquid crystals the model of weakly coupled spin pairs first developed for oriented hydrated salts, we obtain that the dipolar signal at every preparation time can be regarded as a weighted sum of the pure intra- and pure interpair signals; the weights being determined by the amount of each kind of order resulting from the preparation sequence. The dipolar signal predicted by the model is symmetric in the preparation and observation times and the intrapair component is, in a good approximation, proportional to the time derivative of the FID, regardless of the number of different dipolar couplings (inequivalent pairs) present in the molecule. From this model we obtain a prescription for preparing the different dipolar orders both when the pairs are strictly equivalent or when they are not. The applicability of the spin thermodynamics approach in liquid crystals is tested in two typical thermotropic nematic samples: PAA d(6) (methyl deuterated p -azoxyanisole) and 5CB ( 4(') -pentyl-4-biphenyl-carbonitrile).
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Medina Allende y Haya de la Torre, Ciudad Universitaria, X5016LAE Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mensio
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Zamar