Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 40, Issue 9, Pages 1255-1262Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.805830
Keywords
ferroelectric liquid crystal; gold nanoparticle-decorated CNTs; dielectric and electro-optical properties
Funding
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Department of Science and Technology under INSPIRE Faculty Award (DST/INSPIRE Faculty Award) through INSPIRE Faculty Scheme of DST [IFA-PH-10]
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In this article, a newly synthesised ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) material, namely LAHS 22, has been characterised. The characterisation of the FLC material has been performed using dielectric relaxation spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and polarisation optical microscopy. We observed an enhancement in the dielectric and electro-optical properties of the FLC material by incorporating gold nanoparticles (GNPs)-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The GNPs-decorated MWCNTs cause an increment in dielectric dispersion (up to kHz), absorption, spontaneous polarisation and rotational viscosity of the FLC material. The pure and GNPs-decorated MWCNTs doped FLC cells were analysed by means of various dielectric spectroscopic and optical measurements. The observed enhancement in the dielectric and electro-optical properties of the FLC material has also been studied with concentration of GNPs-decorated MWCNTs in FLC material. The GNPs-decorated MWCNTs/FLC composites are not only of fundamental importance, but also useful materials for device applications such as liquid crystal displays and memory devices.
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