Dielectric Behaviour of Nematic Liquid Crystals at Different Phases

Exploring the electrical properties of nematic liquid crystals

by Dhananjay Kumar Singh*, Dr. Bhoopendra Singh, Dr. Arun Malhotra,

- Published in Journal of Advances in Science and Technology, E-ISSN: 2230-9659

Volume 12, Issue No. 24, Nov 2016, Pages 328 - 334 (7)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals


ABSTRACT

A nematic liquid could be a transparent or clear liquid that causes the polarization (that is, the focusing in an exceedingly plane) of sunshine waves to vary because the waves submit to the liquid. The extent of the modification in polarization depends on the intensity of the associate applied force field. Nematic comes from a Greek prefix nemato that means filament-like and is employed here due to the molecules within the liquid aligning themselves into a filament-like form. Nematic liquid crystals square measure utilized in twisted nematic shows, the foremost common sort of liquid show.

KEYWORD

dielectric behaviour, nematic liquid crystals, phases, polarization, light waves, applied force field, molecules, filament-like shape, twisted nematic displays, liquid display

INTRODUCTION

The study of liquid crystals began in 1888 once an associate Austrian phytologist named Friedrich Reinitzer determined that a fabric called cholesteryl salt had two(2) distinct melting points. In his experiments, Reinitzer redoubled the temperature of a solid sample and watched the crystal grow to be a hazy liquid. As he redoubled the temperature, the fabric modified once more into a transparent, clear liquid. Due to this early work, Reinitzer usually discovers a brand new part of matter - the liquid part. Liquid crystal materials square measure distinctive in their properties and uses. As analysis into this field continues and new applications square measure developed, liquid crystals can play a crucial role in fashionable technology.

Liquid crystal

The liquid state could be a distinct part of matter determined between the crystalline (solid) and isotropic (liquid) states. There are many varieties of liquid states, relying upon the number of the order within the material. This section can justify the part behaviour of liquid materials. Liquid crystal materials typically have many common characteristics. These are a rod-like molecular structure, long axis rigidity, strong dipoles, and simply polarizable substituents. The distinctive feature of the liquid crystalline state is the tendency of the molecules (mesogens) to purpose on a standard axis, known as the director. This can be in distinction to molecules within the liquid part that does not have any intrinsic order within the solid-state; molecules are highly ordered and have very little change of location freedom. The characteristic orientation order of the liquid state is between the standard solid and liquid phases, which can be the origin of the term mesogenic state, used synonymously with the liquid state. Note the typical alignment of the molecules for every introduces the following diagram. It is typically tough to see whether or not a fabric is during a crystal or liquid state. Crystalline materials demonstrate long vary periodic order in 3 dimensions. By definition, associate isotropous liquid has no orientation order. Substances that are not as ordered as a solid have a point of alignment area unit known adequately as liquid crystals.

follows: The letter is that the angle between the director and the long axis of every molecule. The brackets denote a mean over all of the molecules within the sample. In associate isotropic liquid, the type of the trigonometric function terms is zero, and so the order parameter is adequate zero. For an ideal crystal, the order parameter evaluates to 1. Typical values for the order parameter of a liquid vary between zero.3 and 0.9, with the exact price a perform of temperature, as a result of kinetic molecular motion. This can be illustrated below for a nematic liquid material (in the next section). The tendency of the liquid molecules to purpose on the director ends up in a condition called property. This term means the properties of a cloth rely on the direction during which they are measured. For instance, it is easier to chop a bit of wood on the grain than against it. The anisotropic nature of liquid crystals is answerable for the distinctive optical properties scientists and engineers exploit in an exceeding type of application.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Ayon Bhattacharjee, (2015) The material properties of nematic liquid (4‐cyano‐4′‐n‐Pentylbiphenyl: 5CB) cells within the ultralow frequency regime were investigated. A material relaxation, whose time constant is a hundred and sixty, is ascertained at 303 K. The material relaxation is found to be freelance of the applied field of force. It is shown that the material relaxation is caused by the physicist double-layer shaped by the surface assimilation of impurity ions in 4‐cyano‐4′‐n‐Pentylbiphenyl: 5CB onto the conductor surfaces of the cells. Hence, the thickness of the double layer is admiring the radius of impurity ions in a 4‐cyano‐4′‐n‐Pentylbiphenyl: 5CB. The material relaxation obeys the empirical Cole‐Cole circular arc law, indicating that material relaxation times square measure distributed. The distribution of material relaxation times may be explained in terms of distributed thicknesses of the physicist double layer. D. Sinha, (2014) Inorganic stratified crystals exemplified by clay minerals may be exfoliated in kind of lyotropic liquid crystals thanks to the highly aeolotropic form of the Nanosheets. This method may be a rare example of liquid crystals consisting of inorganic crystalline mesogens. Nanosheet colloids of photo catalytically active conductive oxides will exhibit uncommon photoresponses that are not ascertained for organic liquid crystals. This review summarizes experimental work on the part behaviour of the Nanosheet colloids and chemistry reactions ascertained within the clay and conductive Nanosheets system. Ravi K. Shukla, (2016) Measurements of the temperature dependence of the material constants ε‖, ε⊥, and threes of some nematic liquid crystals with robust positive material property (ε‖≃ three ⊥) (ε‖≃ three ε ⊥) square measure reportable. The low-frequency dispersion regions of the material constants parallel to the distinctive axes were measured to vary from ten kHz to ten megacycles. A correlation between the lengths of comparable molecules and their relaxation frequency within the nematic state was found. The peak of the potential barrier that hinders the reversal of the rounded molecules within the nematic order was firm by activity the temperature dependence of the low-frequency relaxation and comparison with the temperature dependence of consistence. S. Manohar and V. Chandel, (2012) The material properties of the pure nematic liquid (BKS/B07) and dye-doped (Rhodamine B and Anthraquinone) nematic liquid are investigated in an exceedingly wide frequency vary of one kHz to ten megacycles through the material chemical analysis methodology at variable temperature. Additionally, the samples' current optical transmission and textures have also been ascertained with a polarizing magnifier. Ram Kumar (2014), within the gift work, the material properties of recycled liquid crystals (LCs) (non-purified, purified, and doped with diamond nanoparticles at zero.05, 0.1, and 0.2 wt%) were investigated. The studied LC mixtures were obtained from industrial employment of end-of-life LC displays presenting principally nematic phases. Material measurements were applied at the temperature on a frequency vary from zero.1 to one06 rate exploitation AN resistance instrument. The amplitude of the periodical voltage was mounted at one V exploitation cells with homogeneous and homotopic alignments. Results show that the material property of all refined samples presents positive values and reduces when adding diamond nanoparticles to the LC mixtures. DC conduction values were obtained by applying the universal law of material response projected by Jonscher. Additionally, conduction of the doped LC mixtures is not up to that of the undoped and non-purified LC. One approach for this improvement is that the use of nanomaterials with the potential of modifying the effective properties of the doped LC mixture. We tend to analyze the electrical behaviour of a titanic oxide (TiO2) nanoparticle-doped liquid cell exploitation the same circuit during this work. The circuit parameters are obtained exploitation of the resistance spectroscopic analysis technique and time response measurements. The quality of the samples designed is that the nanoparticles are not spread within the LC. Rather than that, nanoparticles square measure at random deposited on one in every one of the electrodes. Measurements show that the presence of the nanoparticles will increase the temperature sensitivity of the equivalent cell capacitance and the capacitance distinction between switched and no switched states. These results may be quite helpful within the style of novel liquid electronic devices and sensors.

ANALYSIS

A typical nematic liquid produces a 90-degree shift within the polarization of the sunshine passing through once there is no force field gift. Once a voltage is applied, an electrical field is created within the liquid, moving the orientation of the molecules. This causes the polarization shift to be reduced. The result is slight at low voltages and will increase because the voltage (and the ensuing field strength) will increase. Once the applied voltage reaches a particular level, the polarization shift disappears entirely. Because their light-weight transmission properties may be deliberately varied as a perform of applied external voltage, nematic liquids square measure utilized in alphamerical liquid-crystal displays (digital displays), like those found in digital wristwatches and lots of shopper electronic devices.

Characterizing Liquid Crystals

The following parameters describe the liquid crystalline structure: - Point Order - Orientation Order - Bond Orientation Order Each of those parameters describes the extent to that the liquid sample is ordered. Point order refers to the extent to that a median molecule or cluster of molecules shows travel symmetry (as crystalline material shows). As mentioned above, orientation order represents a life of the tendency of the molecules to align at the director on a long-range basis. Bond Orientation Order describes a line connecting the centres of nearest-neighbour molecules while not line. Most liquid compounds exhibit polymorphism, or a condition where quite one section is determined within the liquid crystalline state. The term mesophase is employed to explain the "sub-phases" of liquid materials. Mesophases are shaped by ever-changing the quantity of order within the sample, either by imposing order in mere one or two (2) dimensions or permitting the molecules to own a degree of travel motion. The subsequent section describes the mesophases of liquid crystals in more extensive detail.

Liquid Crystal Phases

The liquid state may be a distinct section of matter between the crystalline (solid) and identical (liquid) states. There are many varieties of liquid states, relying upon the quantity of order within the material. This section can make a case for the section behaviour of liquid materials.

Nematic Phases

The nematic liquid section is characterized by molecules that do not have any point order but tend to purpose within the same direction (along with the director). Within the following diagram, notice that the molecules' purposes vertically are organized with no specific order. Liquid crystals are eolotropic materials, and therefore the system's physical properties vary with the typical alignment with the director. If the alignment is giant, the fabric is incredibly eolotropic. Similarly, if the alignment is minor, the fabric is sort of identical. The natural action of a nematic liquid is incontestible within the next flick provided by Dr. mother Neubert, LCI-KSU. The nematic part is being seen because of the patterned texture. Watch because the temperature of the fabric is raised, inflicting a transition to the black, identical liquid. A particular category of nematic liquid crystals is termed chiral nematic. Chiral refers to the distinctive ability to by selection replicate one element of

for additional info regarding this mesophase.

Smectic Phases

The word "smectic" comes from the Greek word for soap. This, on the face of its ambiguous origin, is explained by the thick, slippery substance typically found at the lowest of a fixture is genuinely a sort of smectic liquid. The smectic state is another distinct mesophase of liquid substances. Molecules during this part show a degree of translational order, not gift within the nematic. Within the smectic state, the molecules maintain the overall orientation order of nematics. However, additionally, they tend to align themselves in layers or planes. Motion is being restricted to these planes, and separate planes are determined to flow past one another. The augmented order means the smectic state is additional "solid-like" than the nematic.

Cholesteric Phases

The cholesteric (or chiral nematic) liquid part is often composed of nematic mesogenic molecules containing a chiral centre that produces unit forces that favour alignment between molecules at a slight angle to 1 another. This ends up forming a structure that may be envisioned as a stack of terribly skinny 2-D nematic-like layers with the director in every layer twisted with reference to those on top of and below. During this structure, the administrators kind in an exceedingly continuous spiralling pattern regarding the layer traditional as illustrated by the black arrow within the following figure and animation. The black arrow within the animation represents director orientation within the succession of layers on the stack.

Columnar Phases

Columnar liquid crystals are entirely different from the previous varieties because they formed like disks rather than long rods. Stacked columns of molecules characterize this mesophase. The columns are packed along to make a two-dimensional crystalline array. The arrangement of the molecules among the columns and, therefore, the columns themselves end up in new mesophases. We can learn about molecular ordering in different phases by examining the surface textures of birefringence patterns in liquid crystals. The majority of the material surfaces are characterization software work as image analysis which is based on these two techniques: A) Fractal B) Multifractal. properties.

Figure 1: Standardized Histogram of The Event of Nearby Hurst Examples H(x; y) in The Pictures

In this work, we have analyzed the implementation of fractal geometry used to characterize birefringence patterns. Some other features were also analyzed using a lyotropic lamellar liquid crystal system (water/cetyl pyridinium chloride/ decanol). This analyzer showed an upgrading transition starting from mosaic to oily streak structures. Moreover, lastly, maltese cross texture if we increased the water contents. Earlier, we used the Fourier spectrum method and then the fractional Brownian sheet to analyze power-law scaling behaviour, referred to as a particular mono-fractal mode. Given below an equation to show the relation between spectral exponent α, fractal dimension D and the Hurst exponent H:

DISCUSSION

The results were evaluated for these image parameters consistent with the morphological features (like surface texture and line-like structures). A multifractal analysis including a generalized box-counting technique was suggested as per the inhomogeneous and anisotropic nature of most complex surfaces. These generalized dimensions are as given below: a) fractal dimension D(0), b) information dimension D(1) and c) correlation dimensions D(2) These dimensions suggest that the birefringence textures consist of exhibit multifractal properties. prevalent. This method introduces MBM) the modelling of inhomogeneous processes or surfaces). Although we assume that MBM characterizes complex surfaces, still characterization of material surfaces is not known perfectly. Fractal analysis is used not only for the characterization of surfaces or curves. If we want to relate the scaling exponents with material properties, we need to understand the materials' microscopic and/or bulk features. We can also use some random processes to observe the formation of mesophases. By this process, structures are produced that are self-similar in the sense that the two-point density-density correlation function In the above equation D = fractal dimension, ρ= particle density inside the fractal aggregate, r = inter-particle distance, V = irradiate volume of the sample Z= total number of particles in the fractal aggregate Light scattering experiments show that the intensity of scattering I(Q) from a single fractal is given the Fourier transform of the density-density correlation function: where |Q| = Q = 4πnλ−1 sin(θ/2), n = the refractive index, λ = wavelength of the incident beam, and / is the scattering angle.

CONCLUSION

We note that the examples with 30 wt% water display a homeotropic arrangement with the nearness of normal stage is demonstrated by the nearness of central conics deserts and the slick streaks shaped by nucleation of central conics. With the reduction of water substance from 30 to 26 wt%, the fluid precious stone changes bit by bit from Sowing to non-Sowing, sti4 gel-like lamellar stage. Under a polarizing magnifying lens, the progressions are set apart by the formation of unbending deformity systems. As far as anyone is concerned, two models have been proposed to represent the slick streaks structures. In the disclination demonstrate, slick streaks are displayed as sets of disclinations comparing to a dislocation, though in the Friedel show, oil streaks are depicted as totals of central conic spaces. We again reduced the water contents to 24 and 22 wt%, and because of that, the lamellar phase gets converted into a highly viscous gel-like liquid crystal. Due to the formation of this birefringence field, the presence of a dense ultra-line embedded in the lamellar phase can be concluded. Warriner et al. have also evaluated similar textural transition in a polymer-lipid lyotropic lamellar liquid crystalline system. At last, we can say that there are few choices in the fractal and multifractal analysis of image textures. If we further analyze the importance and application of these techniques, it would be more enjoyable. These techniques can be used to study the microscopic properties of the material. It has been proved that fractal analysis has various applications, such as measuring various types of growth dynamics in colloidal and liquid crystal systems. It can also be used for analyzing defect structures. However, it works like this only when it is implied with any multiskilling techniques (wavelet analysis). Advance investigation along this direction may clarify the applications of self-comparative procedures for dynamical displaying of cluttered wonders.

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Corresponding Author Dhananjay Kumar Singh*

Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Maharishi University of Information Technology, Lucknow