Modelling dielectric behaviour and anomalous relaxation in chromonic liquid crystals

Ciuchi, F.; de Santo, M. P.; Tone, C. M.; Evangelista, L. R.; Lenzi, E. K.; Ribeiro de Almeida, R. R.; Rosseto, M. P.; Zola, R. S.

doi:10.1080/02678292.2024.2337030

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“…With this result, in reference [98] the conductivities measured for 5CB and confronted with fractional calculus, shown in references [79,97], were shown to be anomalous in the low-frequency regime. More recent results have shown that the nematic phases of the thermotropic material E7 [99] and on lyotropic chromonic material [100] also present anomalous diffusion during dielectric measurements in the low-frequency regime, in both cases, with γ ∼ 0.6. κ = 2 × 10 −6 m 3 /s, τ = 0.12 s, and γ = 0.07. Adapted from ref.…”

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A Brief Review of Fractional Calculus as a Tool for Applications in Physics: Adsorption Phenomena and Electrical Impedance in Complex Fluids

Barbero,

Evangelista,

Zola

et al. 2024

Fractal Fract

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Many fundamental physical problems are modeled using differential equations, describing time- and space-dependent variables from conservation laws. Practical problems, such as surface morphology, particle interactions, and memory effects, reveal the limitations of traditional tools. Fractional calculus is a valuable tool for these issues, with applications ranging from membrane diffusion to electrical response of complex fluids, particularly electrolytic cells like liquid crystal cells. This paper presents the main fractional tools to formulate a diffusive model regarding time-fractional derivatives and modify the continuity equations stating the conservation laws. We explore two possible ways to introduce time-fractional derivatives to extend the continuity equations to the field of arbitrary-order derivatives. This investigation is essential, because while the mathematical description of neutral particle diffusion has been extensively covered by various authors, a comprehensive treatment of the problem for electrically charged particles remains in its early stages. For this reason, after presenting the appropriate mathematical tools based on fractional calculus, we demonstrate that generalizing the diffusion equation leads to a generalized definition of the displacement current. This modification has strong implications in defining the electrical impedance of electrolytic cells but, more importantly, in the formulation of the Maxwell equations in material systems.

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