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
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