Journal
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 145-152Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2010-10556-8
Keywords
-
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We report measurements of the temperature variations of the optical birefringence in the nematic (N) and partial bilayer SmA (SmA(d)) phases in 4-n-octyloxy 4(') -cyanobiphenyl made of rod-like (R) molecules and five mixtures of this compound with 1,3-phenylene bis[4-(3-methylbenzoyloxy)] 4(') -n- dodecylbiphenyl 4(') -carboxylate, made of bent-core (BC) molecules. The birefringence decreases with the concentration x of the BC molecules but the macroscopic order parameter initially decreases upto 11mol% of BC molecules and subsequently increases with x . This is attributed to the possible formation of polar clusters of BC molecules. Orientation of BC molecules changes between the N and SmA(d) phases and the birefringence data in the two phases imply that the kink angle of the BC molecules is similar to 90(A degrees) rather than similar to 110(A degrees) as obtained from calculations which minimize the energy of the molecule. IR spectroscopic measurements on the mixture with 11mol% of BC molecules have been used to estimate the molecular order parameter S of the R molecules, and to provide additional support for a relatively small kink angle of BC molecules.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available