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ArticleBeilstein journal of nanotechnology2018

Dynamic behavior of a nematic liquid crystal with added carbon nanotubes in an electric field.

Emil Petrescu, Cristina Cirtoaje

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Article in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emil PetrescuUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest, Department of Physics, Splaiul Independenţei 313, 060042, Bucharest, Romania.
Cristina CirtoajeUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest, Department of Physics, Splaiul Independenţei 313, 060042, Bucharest, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dynamic behavior of a nematic liquid crystal with added carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in an electric field was analyzed. A theoretical model based on elastic continuum theory was developed and the relaxation times of nematic liquid crystals with CNTs were evaluated. Experiments made with single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in nematic 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) indicated a significant difference of the relaxation time when compared to pure liquid crystal. We also noticed that the relaxation time when the field is switched off depends on how long the field was applied. It is shorter when the field is switched off immediately after application and longer when the field was applied for at least one hour.

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Fréedericksz transition, nanotubes

Identifiers

PMID29441268
PMCPMC5789395

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