Relaxation properties of proton magnetic spin quasi-invariants in liquid crystals
We present an experimental study of the thermodynamic properties of proton pairs in two thermotropic nematic liquid crystals: chain deuterated 4- n-pentyl-4′-cyanobyphenyl, 5CB d11 , and normal 5CB. In the first sample, we find the existence of pure intra-pair and inter-pair magnetic quasi-invariant...
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Published in | Physica. B, Condensed matter Vol. 320; no. 1; pp. 416 - 418 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
Amsterdam
Elsevier B.V
01.07.2002
Elsevier |
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Summary: | We present an experimental study of the thermodynamic properties of proton pairs in two thermotropic nematic liquid crystals: chain deuterated 4-
n-pentyl-4′-cyanobyphenyl, 5CB
d11
, and normal 5CB. In the first sample, we find the existence of pure intra-pair and inter-pair magnetic quasi-invariants. In the second, the dipolar signal is more complex, due to the nonequivalence of protons pairs in the molecule, but it is still possible to prepare states for which only one kind of order strongly dominates. In both compounds, the dipolar quasi-invariants relax independently to thermal equilibrium with the lattice. Finally, we discuss the temperature dependence of the characteristic relaxation times in terms of local and long-range cooperative molecular dynamics. |
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ISSN: | 0921-4526 1873-2135 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0921-4526(02)00763-9 |