Molecular Dynamics of 4-(trans-4'-n-Heptylcyclohexyl)- Isothiocyanatobenzene Studied with Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy |
D. Baumana, G. Czechowskib, J. Jadżynb, C. Legrandc and R. Doualic
a Faculty of Technical Physics, Poznań University of Technology Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznań, Poland b Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland c Université du Littoral - Côte d'Opale, LEMCEL, BP 689, 62-228 Calais, France Received: May 23, 2000 |
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Dielectric relaxation study was carried out for the nematic and isotropic phases of 4-(trans-4'-n- heptylcyclohexyl)isothiocyanatobenzene in the frequency range from 100 kHz to 1 GHz. In the nematic phase two relaxation processes were recorded for the electric permittivity component measured parallel to the molecular orientation (director n) and three relaxation processes - for the perpendicular permittivity component. The strength of the nematic potential and the nematic order parameter were estimated. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.98.71 PACS numbers: 64.70.Md, 77.84.Nh, 77.22.Gm |