Effects of carbon nanotubes on the physical properties of a nematic liquid crystal N-(4′-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline

Liquid crystallinity of carbon nanotubes

“… 78 In addition, when introducing CNTs into LCs, CNTs may also provide an effective electron exchange due to their large electron affinity. 36,40,41 A richer discussion about this issue will be seen in the following chapters.…”

“…By applying the electric field E⃑ , each conductive nanotube will experience the polarization, and the induced dipole moment P⃑ will be proportional to the field strength and the permittivity. 36 An illustration of the behavior of the equivalent model of cylindrical particle exposed to a homogeneous electric field is given in Fig. 12 .…”

Theoretical Approach to Study Self-Organizing Properties of a Nematic Liquid Crystal With Carbon Nanosolid Models

“…We noted that the interaction was strengthened by the ,-stacking [17] between the hexagonal rings in the MBBA molecule and those of the zigzag CNT surface that was confirmed by the change in the values of the formal charge of carbon atoms in the aromatic rings (see Table 2). This explains the experimental observations that the ringtype molecule was dominated by ,-stacking with the zigzag CNT surface [18,19]. We believe that the difference in electronic density and energy levels in both the MBBA and zigzag CNT molecules could be prepared under optimum conditions for non-covalent interactions.…”

“…The magnitude of the dipole moment was higher because of the length of the CNS systems [21]. The presence of a permanent dipole moment in the CNS resulting from the interaction with MBBA molecule can be explained by experimental observations [18,21].…”

Bloch-Siegert Shift and its Kramers-Kronig Pair

“…The chemical shift of the chosen imine protons is ∼ 8.4ppm w.r.t. TMS [25]. The choice of the molecule is motivated by its relatively slow isotropic rotation in solution phase due to its long structure.…”