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  2. Dynamics of the Nematic Phase of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal
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Abstract

The dielectric fluctuations in the uniaxial nematic phase of a bent-core liquid crystal have been studied by dynamic light scattering. Polarization selection of the scattering cross-section reveals one mode due to ordinary director fluctuations and, in the lower part of the nematic phase, a second mode attributable to fluctuations of the biaxial order parameter. The director fluctuations are similar to100 times slower than observed in typical nematics based on straight-core molecules, suggesting that the bent core nematogenic units may be microscopic smectic domains ("cybotactic" clusters).
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Article
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10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060701
Publication Date
2002-12-26
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
66
Issue
6
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Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
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Copyright 2002 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060701
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Stojadinovic, S., Adorjan, A., Sprunt, S., Sawade, H., & Jakli, A. (2002). Dynamics of the Nematic Phase of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal (1–). Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060701
Stojadinovic, S., A. Adorjan, Samuel Sprunt, Hans Sawade, and Antal Jakli. 2002. “Dynamics of the Nematic Phase of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060701.
Stojadinovic, S., et al. Dynamics of the Nematic Phase of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal. Physical Review E, 26 Dec. 2002, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.060701.