Abstract
We report on measurements of deuteron quadrupolar splitting and spin-lattice relaxation times T1Q and T1Z in the columnar phase of a ring-deuteriated hexaoctyloxyrufigallol at 46 MHz as a function of temperature. To describe small-step rotations of these molecules within each column in the columnar phase, a space-fixed frame is used to diagonalize the molecular diffusion tensor. The principal diffusion constants in this so called 'anisotropic viscosity' model Dalpha and Dbeta are for rotations of a molecule around and perpendicular to the columnar axis, respectively. A global target analysis of the spectral densities at seven temperatures in a minimization procedure was carried out. We found that Dalpha > Dbeta, which is consistent with the picture that the motion towards or away from the local director tends to disrupt the packing of molecules within the column.
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