28Feb 2017

OPTICAL AND THERMAL STUDIES ON NANO-MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLED INDUCED SMECTIC PHASES OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS.

  • Research Centre, Post-Graduate Department of Physics, Government College (Autonomous), Mandya-571401, India.
  • Department of Physics, Government College for Women, Mandya-571401, India
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In the present work, our investigation is to study the optical and thermal properties of the binary mixture of nematic and cholesteric compounds namely, 2-cyanonaphthalen-6-yl 4-(3, 7-dimethyloctyloxy)–benzoate (CNDOB) and cholesteryl nanonate (CN), which exhibits different liquid crystalline phases of Cho-SmA-SmC-SmC*-SmE phases and it is obtained sequentially when the specimen is cooled from isotropic phase. These phases have been characterized by using X-ray and optical texture studies. The temperature variation of electrical conductivity and helical pitch of the cholesteric phase has been discussed.

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[T. N. Govindaiah and B. N. Ramakrishna. (2017); OPTICAL AND THERMAL STUDIES ON NANO-MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLED INDUCED SMECTIC PHASES OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 1975-1980] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

T.N.Govindaiah
Affiliated by University of Mysore. Research Centre, P.G. Department of Physics. Government College (Autonomous), Mandya-571401, India.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3368      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3368

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