Determination of Ionic Mobility in Mesomorphic Materials

Abstract
Ionic mobility has been measured in isotropic and mesomorphic state of the following cholesteric esters: cholesteryl oleate, cholesteryl myristate, cholesteryl pelargonate and cholesteryl erucate, and nematic material PCB. There was attempts to orient the materials in magnetic field, however no orientation has been obtained for cholesteryl esters. The mobility anisotropy in PCB has been found to be 1.54.