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Effect of two different size chiral ligand-capped gold nanoparticle dopants on the electro-optic and dielectric dynamics of a ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture
Authors:R K Shukla  A Sharma  T Mori
Institution:1. Eduard-Zintl-Institute of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany;2. Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA;3. World Premier International (WPI) Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;4. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:Nanocolloids consisting of a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) doped with different concentrations (0.10 and 0.50 wt.%) of surface treated gold nanoparticles (GNPs) differing in size (1.77, 5.5 nm) are prepared and characterised. The effects of doping on the clearing temperatures as well as electro-optic and dielectric parameters of a FLC mixture are presented. The clearing temperatures remain invariant with doping. A remarkable increase in the spontaneous polarisation is noticed due to the addition of the GNPs with chiral monolayer capping. Tilt angle and switching time, at least in their tendency, become slightly reduced and increased, respectively. Depending on the size of the nanoparticles, surface plasmon resonance is observed to be slightly increased by increasing the surface. In addition, a small change in localised electric field is found upon doping. The increase in the dielectric permittivity and the dielectric strength is observed and attributed to the parallel coupling between the dipoles of functionalised GNPs, induced by external electric field, and the vector of the spontaneous polarisation of the FLC matrix. A decrease in relaxation frequency is observed. A substantial increment of one order in the dc conductivity is also observed for the nanocolloids.
Keywords:Functionalised chiral gold nanoparticles  ferroelectric liquid crystal nanocolloids  localised electric field  electro-optic response  dielectric dynamics  DC conductivity
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