Biaxial nematic phase in rod/liquid crystal mixtures
Biaxial nematic phase in rod/liquid crystal mixtures
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棒/液晶混合物中的双轴向列相
DOI:
10.1080/02678292.2011.570795
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
A. Matsuyama
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作者:
Ito;Y.; Nagoe;A.; Fujimori;H.; Takemura;T;山本隆夫;J. Takimoto;A. Matsuyama
A novel biaxial nematic phase is theoretically predicted in mixtures of a low-molecular-weight liquid crystalline molecule and a rigid rod-like polymer, such as carbon nanotubes and liquid crystalline polymers, where the two components favour a mutually perpendicular orientation. We demonstrate that rods dispersed in nematic liquid crystals induce the second orientational ordering and yield a biaxial nematic phase on the temperature–concentration plane, depending on an anisotropic interaction between a rod and a liquid crystal.