Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2008-12-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
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Scientific paper
Nematic drops suspended in the isotropic phase of the same substance were subjected to alternating electrical fields of varying frequency. The system was carefully kept in the isotropic-nematic coexistance region, which was broadened due to small amounts of non-mesogenic additives. Whereas the droplets remained spherical at low (order of 10 Hz) and high frequencies (in the kHz range), at intermediate frequencies, we observed a marked flattening of the droplet in the plane perpendicular to the applied field. The deformation of the liquid crystal (LC) droplets occurred both in substances with positive and negative dielectric anisotropy. The experimental data can be quantitatively modelled with a combination of the leaky dielectric model and screening of the applied electric field due to the finite conductivity.
Auernhammer Günter K.
Ullrich Beate
Vollmer Doris
Zhao Jinyu
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