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  2. Doping the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5Cb With Milled Batio3 Nanoparticles
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Abstract

The simple nematic mesogen 5CB was doped with milled BaTiO3 nanoparticles and was investigated with x-ray scattering. Doping with BaTiO3 nanoparticles of 9 nm in diameter led to the formation of crystallites. These crystallites precipitated and formed a waxlike nanodispersion of 5CB and nanoparticles, which led to intense x-ray scattering signals characteristic of a multilayer structure. Surprisingly, the multilayers possess unusual interlayer spacing, which cannot be explained by simple smectic order of the calamitic molecules.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051704
Publication Date
2012-11-20
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
86
Issue
5
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Department of Physics
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Copyright 2012 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051704.
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Lorenz, A., Zimmerman, N., Kumar, S., Evans, D., Cook, G., & Kitzerow, H.-S. (2012). Doping the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5Cb With Milled Batio3 Nanoparticles. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051704
Lorenz, Alexander, Natalie Zimmerman, Satyendra Kumar, Dean Evans, Gary Cook, and Hienz-S. Kitzerow. 2012. “Doping the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5Cb With Milled Batio3 Nanoparticles”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051704.
Lorenz, A., N. Zimmerman, S. Kumar, D. Evans, G. Cook, and H.-S. Kitzerow. Doping the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5Cb With Milled Batio3 Nanoparticles. Physical Review E, 20 Nov. 2012, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051704.