Weak Coupling Effect on the Magnetic Freedericksz Transition in a Ferronematic Liquid Crystal

The magnetic Freedericksz transition in a ferronematic representing a diluted suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in an N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline (MBBA) nematic liquid crystal was experimentally studied. The transition point was determined by means of dielectric capacitance measuremen...

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Published in:Physics of the solid state 2018-07, Vol.60 (7), p.1462-1467
Main Authors: Popov, V. A., Gilev, V. G., Zakhlevnykh, A. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CAPACITANCE
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONCENTRATION RATIO
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COUPLING
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
Dilution
Freedericksz transitions
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Low concentrations
NANOPARTICLES
Nematic crystals
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Solid State Physics
SUSPENSIONS
THICKNESS
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Summary:The magnetic Freedericksz transition in a ferronematic representing a diluted suspension of magnetic nanoparticles in an N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline (MBBA) nematic liquid crystal was experimentally studied. The transition point was determined by means of dielectric capacitance measurements in cells of different thickness for samples with various volume fractions of ferroparticles. The effect of weak coupling between the magnetic and liquid-crystal subsystems was studied. Low concentrations of quasispherical magnetic particles were shown to decrease the magnetic Freedericksz transition threshold in comparison with a pure liquid crystal. The obtained results were theoretically substantiated. The phase diagram of the suspension was plotted, and the method of estimating the energy of coupling between magnetic particles and a liquid-crystal matrix was proposed.
ISSN:1063-7834
1090-6460
DOI:10.1134/S1063783418070247