Nematic order and nuclear magnetic relaxation in PCH-3 liquid crystal

K. W. Lee, C. H. Lee, S. H. Yang, J. K. Cha, C. E. Lee, J. Kim

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)529-533
    Number of pages5
    JournalCurrent Applied Physics
    Volume1
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 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

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