Published January 1, 2010 | Version v1
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Nano-colloids of Sn2P2S6 in Nematic Liquid Crystal Pentyl-cianobiphenile

  • 1. Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Phys, UA-03028 Kiev, Ukraine
  • 2. Kent State Univ, Inst Liquid Crystal, Kent, OH 44242 USA
  • 3. Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 USA
  • 4. Uzhgorod State Univ, Inst Solid State Phys & Chem, UA-294000 Uzhgorod, Ukraine
  • 5. Yuzuncu Yil Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Phys, TR-65080 Van, Turkey
  • 6. Natl Taras Shevchenko Univ Kyiv, Fac Phys, UA-01601 Kiev, Ukraine

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It has been shown experimentally that the ferroelectric nano-particles, in common with other molecular additives, shift the clearing temperature, T-c, extending or reducing the two-phase coexistent region and changing the average order parameter of the single-component nematics. An increase of up to 11 degrees C or a smaller decrease of as much as 3 degrees C of T-c, and corresponding changes of the order parameter were observed In all cases the order parameter of the colloid followed the universal temperature behaviour, which is a characteristic of LCs with molecular additives

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