Towards Efficient Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 3350-3357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Schymura ◽  
Martin Kühnast ◽  
Vanessa Lutz ◽  
Stefan Jagiella ◽  
Ursula Dettlaff-Weglikowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

Dissolving and Aligning Carbon Nanotubes in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

Langmuir ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (21) ◽  
pp. 13254-13260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Ji ◽  
Yan Yan Huang ◽  
Eugene M. Terentjev
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

scholarly journals Length Bidisperse Carbon Nanotubes Dispersions in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Popa-Nita ◽  
S. Buček
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Coupling Term ◽  
Nematic Ordering ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Phase Ordering

We study nematic liquid crystal driven alignment of carbon nanotubes dispersed in them. We extend the mesoscopic model presented in (P. Van der Schoot et al. 2008, V. Popa-Nita, and S. Kralj 2010) including the effect of length bidispersity of carbon nanotubes. The free energy of the mixture is written as the sum of the Doi free energy for lyotropic nematic ordering of the two carbon nanotubes types, the Landau-de Gennes free energy for the thermotropic ordering of liquid crystal, and the coupling term between liquid crystal molecules and carbon nanotubes. The phase ordering of the mixtures is analyzed as a function of volume fraction, the strength of coupling, and the temperature.

Biforked mesogens : a new type of thermotropic liquid crystals

1986 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Huu Tinh ◽  
C. Destrade ◽  
A.M. Levelut ◽  
J. Malthete
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
New Type

Surface physics of thermotropic liquid crystals

1987 ◽  
Vol 152 (7) ◽  
pp. 449 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M. Blinov ◽  
E.I. Kats ◽  
A.A. Sonin
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Surface Physics ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

Formation of Oligopeptide-Based Polymeric Membranes at Interfaces between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (26) ◽  
pp. 6147-6151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon-Seo Park ◽  
Sarah Teren ◽  
William H. Tepp ◽  
David J. Beebe ◽  
Eric A. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Polymeric Membranes ◽  
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals
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