Nanocomposite Material, Liquid Crystal-Aerosil Particles: Dielectric and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Investigations

1999 ◽  
Vol 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.M. Aliev ◽  
G.P. Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Relaxation Processes ◽  
Photon Correlation ◽  
Optoelectronic Application ◽  
Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy ◽  
Tumbling Motion ◽  
Frequency Relaxation

ABSTRACTNematic liquid crystal filled with Aerosil particles prospective inorganic-organic nanocom-posite material for optoelectronic application has been investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS). The aerosil particles of diameter ≈ 10 nm in filled nematic liquid crystals form a network structure with linear size of LC domains about 250 nm and with random distribution of the director orientation of each domain. This material has a very developed liquid crystal-solid particle interface that makes the role of the surface layers of LC important in the determination of the properties of the material. BDS provides information on reorientational motion of polar molecules of liquid crystal while PCS probes dynamics of collective modes associated with director fluctuations. We found that the properties of 5CB are considerably affected by the network. Two bulk-like dielectric modes due to the rotation of molecules around short axes and the tumbling motion were observed in filled 5CB. Additionally, a low frequency relaxation process and dispersion of dielectric permittivity due to conductivity were observed. The treatment of the surface of filling particles has strongest influence on the properties of the slow process and it is less important for molecular modes. PCS experiment shows that two new relaxation processes appear in filled 5CB in addition to the director fluctuations process in bulk.

scholarly journals The Dynamic Properties of 5Cb Filled with Aerosil Particles Investigated by Pcs

1999 ◽  
Vol 559 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.M. Aliev ◽  
M. Kreuzer ◽  
Yu.P. Panarin
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Relaxation Process ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Relaxation Processes ◽  
Optoelectronic Application

ABSTRACTNematic liquid crystal filled with Aerosil particles, a prospective composite material for optoelectronic application, has been investigated by static light scattering and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS). The Aerosil particles in filled nematic liquid crystals (FN) form a network structure with LC domains about 2500 Å in size with a random distribution of the director orientation of each domain.We found that the properties of 5CB are considerably affected by the network. The N-I phase transition in filled 5CB was found to be smeared out and depressed. PCS experiments show that two new relaxation processes appear in filled 5CB in addition to the director fluctuation process in bulk. The slow relaxation process, with a broad spectrum of relaxation times, is somewhat similar to the slow decay, which is observed in confined nematic liquid crystal.The middle frequency process was assigned to the director fluctuations in the surface layer formed at the particle-LC interface. The decay function describing this relaxation process is a stretched exponential (β ≍ 0.7). The temperature dependence of the relaxation times of the middle frequency obeys the Vogel-Rilcher law. Such a temperature dependence, accompanied by a broad spectrum of relaxation times suggests that the dynamics of the director fluctuations near the Aerosil particle-LC interface is glass-like.

Slow relaxation processes in molten ZnCl2studied by photon correlation spectroscopy

1987 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Magazú ◽  
G. Maisano ◽  
F. Mallamace ◽  
P. Migliardo ◽  
F. Aliotta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Slow Relaxation ◽  
Relaxation Processes ◽  
Photon Correlation

Collective and Molecular Dielectric Relaxation in Confined Liquid Crystals: Effect of Different Layer Thicknesses and Boundary Conditions

2003 ◽  
Vol 790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fouad M. Aliev ◽  
Manuel Rivera Bengoechea
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Pore Wall ◽  
Relaxation Processes ◽  
Short Axis ◽  
Librational Mode ◽  
Frequency Relaxation

ABSTRACTBroadband dielectric spectroscopy was used to study the influence of boundary conditions and layer thickness of liquid crystal (LC) confined to cylindrical pores on low frequency and high frequency relaxation processes. Low frequency measurements provided information on the relaxation of surface polarization that arose at LC – pore wall interface. The dynamics of molecular reorientations were investigated in high frequency experiments. In samples with axial orientation of molecules, the dielectric mode due to reorientation of molecules around their short axis was investigated. The homeotropic alignment of molecules facilitated the investigation of the librational mode. The behavior of this mode was different from the behavior observed in investigations of relaxation due to reorientation of molecules around their short axis. Broadening of the dielectric spectra was observed in confined LC. The broadening increases with decreasing liquid crystal layer thickness.

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