Abstract
Proton NMR was employed to study the nematic phases upon heating and upon cooling in PCH-3 (trans-4 (4-propylcyclohexy) benzonitrile). Our systematic measurements of the nematic order parameter and spin relaxations reveal the microscopic nature of the thermal hysteresis in this relatively low molecular weight nematic liquid crystalline material.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 529-533 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Current Applied Physics |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 Dec |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation (D00065). Measurements at Korea Basic Science Institute are acknowledged.
Keywords
- 61.30.Gd
- 64.70.Md
- Liquid crystal
- Nematic order parameter
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- PCH-3
- Thermal hysteresis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- General Physics and Astronomy