Proton Spin Relaxation Study of Order Fluctuations above the Nematic–Isotropic Transition in the Liquid Crystal MBBA: I. Applicability of BPP Theory
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The proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1 was used to study the short range orientational order fluctuations just above the nematic–isotropic transition in p-methoxy benzyli-dene p-n-butylaniline at 14, 11, and 4 MHz. This is made possible by calculating the contribution to the spin relaxation rate due to the molecular self-diffusion, which is known to be effective in relaxing the proton spins. The (T1)ef due to the critical order fluctuations at 4 MHz can be interpreted with the theory of de Gennes but not with the simple Bloembergen–Purcell–Pound theory.
1979 ◽
Vol 75
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pp. 975-984
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1972 ◽
Vol 33
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pp. 438-445
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1979 ◽
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1990 ◽
pp. 556-557
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