Enhancement of ferro-para transition in ethanol doped ferroelectric liquid crystals

Malik, A. and Choudhary , A. and Prakash, J. and Coondoo, I. and Biradar, A. M. (2008) Enhancement of ferro-para transition in ethanol doped ferroelectric liquid crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 105 (3). 034105-1. ISSN 1089-7550

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3075611

Abstract

The influence of ethanol (C2H5OH) doping in the electroclinic liquid crystal has been investigated using dielectric spectroscopy. A giant shift in ferroelectric (SmC∗) to paraelectric (SmA) phase transition has been observed. After analyzing collective relaxation processes, it is confirmed that Curie–Weiss law is obeyed in the vicinity of SmC∗ to SmA phase transition after doping with ethanol. It has been predicted that the dipole-dipole interaction due to ethanol molecules creates the uniformity in the randomized liquid crystal molecules in paraelectric phase, resulting in the increase in the ferroelectric phase in de Vries electroclinic liquid crystal materials.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Physics
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Ms Neetu Chandra
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2012 06:57
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2012 06:57
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/490

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