The present study reports the dielectric and electro-optical study of inorganic ZnO (Cu 1%) nanoparticles doped nematic liquid crystal (5CB). The dielectric permittivity is found to decrease in the nano doped sample. Nanoparticle doped liquid crystal has good response under various conditions to evaluate their potential as electro-optical materials for various purposes. From electro-optical study we have found Freedricksz transition voltage Vth and response time τ0 and hence K11 and rotational viscosity γ are also calculated. It is found that K11 and Vth increases for nano-doped sample. Rotational viscosity γ also increases for the nanoparticle doped sample. These changes have been explained in this article according to Osipov and Ternentjev theory of rotational viscosity of nematic liquid crystal.
We report electro-optical behavior of a dye doped nematic liquid crystal. The dye doped cells have shown some improvement in some parameters important for the display devices such as threshold voltage (V th ), splay elastic constant, rotational viscosity and response time. The suppression of screening effect improves the threshold voltage for the doped sample.
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