Nematic Anchoring on Carbon Nanotubes

Details Nematic Anchoring on Carbon Nanotubes Nematic Anchoring on Carbon Nanotubes

2009-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/0907.4455v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

3 Pages

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A dilute suspension of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a nematic liquid crystal (LC) does not disturb the LC director. Due to a strong LC-CNT anchoring energy and structural symmetry matching, CNT long axis follows the director field, possessing enhanced dielectric anisotropy. This strong anchoring energy stabilizes local pseudo-nematic domains, resulting in non-zero dielectric anisotropy in the isotropic phase. These anisotropic domains respond to external electric fields and show intrinsic frequency response. The presence of these domains makes the isotropic phase field-responsive, giving rise to a large dielectric hysteresis effect.

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