Dielectric, elastic, and electro-optic properties of a liquid crystalline molecular complex
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (1) , 22-24
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.323324
Abstract
The dielectric and elastic constants as well as the electro‐optic response times of twisted nematic cells of the binary liquid crystalline system N‐ (p‐methoxybenzylidene) ‐p‐n‐butylaniline (MBBA)/4‐cyano‐4′‐pentylbiphenyl (CPB) were studied. The formation of a molecular complex between MBBA and CPB leads to wide mesomorphic ranges and higher dielectric anisotropies, as well as favorable rise and decay times. This latter effect is mainly due to relative decreases in viscosity at a given temperature associated with elevation of the nematic‐isotropic transition temperature.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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