Electrooptic and Dielectric Studies in Cadmium Sulphide Nanorods/Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Mixtures
Author(s) -
Praveen Malik,
Ashok Chaudhary,
Rohit Mehra,
K. K. Raina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advances in condensed matter physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1687-8124
pISSN - 1687-8108
DOI - 10.1155/2012/853160
Subject(s) - nanorod , materials science , ferroelectricity , dielectric , doping , liquid crystal , dipole , conductivity , condensed matter physics , relaxation (psychology) , polarization (electrochemistry) , permittivity , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , psychology , social psychology , physics , computer science , programming language
We present the results based on the electrooptic and dielectric studies in cadmium sulphide (CdS) nanorods/ferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures. Doping of CdS nanorods increases the spontaneous polarization and response time, which due to large dipole-dipole interaction and increase in anchoring energies exists between nanorods and FLC molecules. Dielectric measurements revealed a decrease (~40% for 0.3% CdS in FLC) in permittivity and dielectric strength in doped sample cell than pure FLC mixture. A decrease in dc conductivity and relaxation frequency with doping concentration was also noticed. The preexponent factor and fractional exponent factor are found as predicated by existing theories
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