Direct Determination of the Five Independent Viscosity Coefficients of Nematic Liquid Crystals
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 20 (3) , 301-318
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421407308083050
Abstract
A novel experimental procedure combining the measurement of (i) the flow velocity and (ii) the change in birefringence induced by laminar flow in a magnetic field has been used to determine the complete set of the five independent shear-viscosity coefficients of nematic liquid crystals. The anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility is obtained as well. Results are reported for p'-methoxybenzylidene-p-n-butylaniline (MBBA), p-n-hexyl-oxybenzylidene-p'-aminobenzonitrile (HBAB), and a 1:1:1-molar mixture of HBAB with p-n-butoxybenzylidene-p'-aminobenzonitrile and p-n-octanoyl-oxybenzylidene-p'-aminobenzonitrile.Keywords
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