Boost in the thermal stability, ionic conductivity and director relaxation frequency in the composite of liquid crystal and functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes

• Published in: Liquid crystals Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 345 - 360
• Main Authors: Patro, Ch Kartikeswar, Verma, Rohit, Garg, Aakrati, Dhar, Ravindra, Dabrowski, Roman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 19.02.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: activation energy; Anisotropy; Conductivity; Dispersion; electrical parameters; Enthalpy; functionalization; Ion currents; Liquid crystals; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Nanotechnology; Nematic liquid crystals; relaxation frequency; Thermal stability; thermodynamic parameters; Transition temperature; Transition temperatures

In the present work, we have prepared a liquid crystal-carbon nanotube (LC-CNT) composite by dispersing a low concentration of carboxylic group (-COOH) functionalised multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs) in a liquid-crystal 6CHBT and studied in detail the alterations in thermal and electrical parameters. Ther...