Orientational ordering in nematic liquid crystals 1CB-d11 dissolved in 5CB-d6 |
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| Authors: | A L Bailey G S Bates E E Burnell G L Hoatson |
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a Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
b Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The 2H-N.M.R. spectra of mixtures of the non-mesogenic compound 4-cyano-4'-methylbiphenyl (1CB) and the nematic liquid crystal 4-cyano-4'-n-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) are measured as a function of concentration and temperature. Concentrations of up to 25 mol% 1CB have no effect on the N.M.R. spectrum and therefore on the orientational order of 5CB at a given reduced temperature. The order matrix of the 1CB is calculated from the measured quadrupole couplings. The results are analysed in terms of a model for orientational order that includes two anisotropic terms: (a) interaction between the molecular quadrupole moment and the mean electric field gradient of the medium, and (b) short range repulsive interactions. An estimate of the molecular quadrupole moment tensor of 1CB is obtained from the analysis. |
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