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Mechanisms of solute orientational order in nematic liquid crystals

TitleMechanisms of solute orientational order in nematic liquid crystals
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsBurnell, EE, Beek, LC ter, Sun, ZM
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume128
Pagination10
Date PublishedApr
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0021-9606
KeywordsELECTRIC-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS, electrostatic, FIELD GRADIENT, interactions, KRISTALLINFLUSSIGEN PHASE, MEAN TORQUE, MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE, MOLEKULAR-STATISTISCHE THEORIE, MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS, NMR, SOLVENTS
Abstract

The order parameters of a number of different solutes dissolved in a number of different nematic liquid-crystal solvents are measured and compared. It is shown that the order parameters can all be rationalized with the ansatz that there exist two independent ordering mechanisms operating in the liquid crystals employed. With this ansatz it is possible to fit the experimental order parameters to better than 5%. This opens the possibility of the accurate prediction of order parameters in ordered liquids. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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