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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-ferroelectric liquid crystal nanocomposites: effect of cell thickness and dopant concentration on electro-optic and dielectric behaviour
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SYSNO ASEP 0494121 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-ferroelectric liquid crystal nanocomposites: effect of cell thickness and dopant concentration on electro-optic and dielectric behaviour Author(s) Shukla, R.K. (IN)
Chaudhary, A. (IN)
Bubnov, Alexej (FZU-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Raina, K.K. (IN)Number of authors 4 Source Title Liquid Crystals. - : Taylor & Francis - ISSN 0267-8292
Roč. 45, č. 11 (2018), s. 1672-1681Number of pages 10 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords nanocomposite ; ferroelectric liquid crystal ; self-assembling behaviour ; multi-walled carbon nanotubes ; cell thickness ; electro-optic properties ; dielectric spectroscopy Subject RIV JI - Composite Materials OECD category Composites (including laminates, reinforced plastics, cermets, combined natural and synthetic fibre fabrics R&D Projects GA18-14497S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support FZU-D - RVO:68378271 UT WOS 000442011300012 EID SCOPUS 85046474631 DOI 10.1080/02678292.2018.1469170 Annotation Several advanced nanocomposites of FLC material doped by the functionalised MWCNTs have been designed in order to establish the effect of the cell thickness and dopant concentration on behaviour of advanced self-assembling materials. The results were obtained for 0.00wt%, 0.05wt% and 0.07wt% concentrations of the dopant for 5μm and 12μm thick cells. Fastening of switching time and increase in permittivity of non-doped FLC and nanocomposites as a function of increased cell thickness can be attributed to the change in the anchoring energy and DC conductivity of the non-doped and doped systems. An increase of the spontaneous polarization with concentration of MWCNTs doping can be explained on the basis of π-π stacking between MWCNTs and FLC layers. The increase of the response time with doping concentration may correspond to a strong anchoring energy. Using the MWCNTs as a dopant can be a tool to tune electro-optic of FLC materials to make them usable for photonics. Workplace Institute of Physics Contact Kristina Potocká, potocka@fzu.cz, Tel.: 220 318 579 Year of Publishing 2019
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