Order parameter and crossover temperature from temperature-dependent refractive indices for low birefringence liquid crystals

2017 ◽  
Vol 230 ◽  
pp. 280-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amid Ranjkesh ◽  
Jun-Chan Choi ◽  
Ji-Sub Park ◽  
Min-Kyu Park ◽  
Somaye Kiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Refractive Indices ◽  
Crossover Temperature ◽  
Temperature Dependent

Study of optical parameters of two fluorinated isothiocyanato nematic liquid crystals exhibiting high birefringence

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Devi ◽  
B. Choudhury ◽  
A. Bhattacharjee ◽  
R. Dabrowski
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Laser Beam ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Refractive Indices ◽  
Optical Parameters ◽  
Optical Studies ◽  
High Birefringence ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Direct Extrapolation

AbstractOptical studies have been carried out on two fluorinated isothiocyanato nematic liquid crystal (LC) compounds 4′-butylcyclohexyl-3, 5-difluoro-4-isothiocyanatobiphenyl and 4′-pentylcyclohexyl-3, 5-difluoro-4-isothiocynatobiphenyl. Transition temperatures of the two samples were confirmed using a polarizing microscope. The two LC compounds were found to exhibit fairly high clearing temperatures. Measurements of refractive indices of the two compounds were done by using thin prism method with He-Ne laser beam of wavelength 630 nm. Birefringence of the two LC compounds was calculated from the measured refractive indices. Both the compounds are found to display fairly high values of birefringence. Validation of a modified four-parameter model, based on Vuks equation describing the temperature dependence of refractive indices of the two liquid crystals, is also presented in this paper. The model is validated by fitting the experimentally measured values of refractive indices, birefringence and average refractive indices of the two nematic LCs with the theoretical values. In this paper, the calculation of order parameters of the LCs is presented by using two methods: direct extrapolation method based solely on the birefringence data and by using modified Vuks method based on Haller’s extrapolation. As observed from the obtained results, this procedure of calculating order parameter gives very reasonable results.

Refractive Indices, Density and Order Parameter of Some Liquid Crystals

1982 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 65-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Sarna ◽  
V. G. Bhide ◽  
B. Bahadur
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Refractive Indices

Order parameter of dual-frequency nematic liquid crystals measured over a wide range of thicknesses

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1338-1344
Author(s):  
Olha Melnyk ◽  
Yuriy Garbovskiy ◽  
Anatoliy Glushchenko
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
Wide Range
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