Ringed spherulitic and undulated textures in the nematic phase of a mixture of trans-4-hexylcyclohexanecarboxylic and benzoic acids

Details Ringed spherulitic and undulated textures in the nematic phase of a mixture of trans-4-hexylcyclohexanecarboxylic and benzoic acids Ringed spherulitic and undulated textures in the nematic phase of a mixture of trans-4-hexylcyclohexanecarboxylic and benzoic acids

2009-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/0908.0445v2

Phase Transitions, Volume 82, Issue 8 August 2009 , pages 620 - 631

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1080/01411590903283654

We present a polarising optical microscopy study of a liquid-crystal mixture of trans-4-hexylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid (C6) and benzoic acid. Both materials have carboxylic groups that can form dimers through hydrogen bonding. The mixture is nematic and room temperature and has the clearing point at 88 Celsius. The nematic phase shows ringed spherulites, sometimes looking like spiral structures, and undulated textures, which remain visible heating the sample till 71 Celsius. This is the temperature of a texture transition inside the nematic phase.

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