The Influence of Magnetic Particles on the Nematic Droplets Formation in Liquid Crystal

• Authors: J. Majorošová , V. Gdovinová , N. Tomašovičová , A. Juríková , V. Závišová , J. Jadzyn , P. Kopčanský
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this work the thermotropic nematic liquid crystal 4-trans-4'-n-hexyl-cyclohexyl-isothiocyanato-benzene (6CHBT) was dissolved in phenyl-isothiocyanate and doped with spherical magnetic particles with volume concentration ϕ₁=10¯⁴ and ϕ₂=10¯³. The influence of the volume concentration on the phase transitions from isotropic to nematic phase was studied by three experimental methods: optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and dielectric measurements. The obtained results confirmed the coexistence of isotropic and nematic phase, i.e. nematic or ferronematic droplets in isotropic phase in a wide temperature range between nematic and isotropic phase.

Keywords

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75.50.Mm; 61.30.Gd; 67.30.Hm

Discipline

• 61.30.Gd: Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order
• 75.50.Mm: Magnetic liquids

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 955-957

Dates

published

2017-04

Contributors

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J. Majorošová

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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V. Gdovinová

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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N. Tomašovičová

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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A. Juríková

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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V. Závišová

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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J. Jadzyn

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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P. Kopčanský

• Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.131.955