A new liquid crystal mixture based on E48 and castor oil

Authors

Sarah Johnson ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Serafin Delica ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Zenaida Domingo ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

A new liquid crystal (LC) composite mixture was formulated based on E48 and castor oil. The mixture was prepared for various concentrations with LC as dominant component and was characterized thermooptically using Olympus optical polarizing microscope with Mettler Toledo hot stage. Chains of oil droplet were observed with other uncontrolled topological defects dispersed over the nematic matrix. The differential scanning calorimetry profdes of the samples displayed a decrease in nematic to isotropic transition temperature with the decrease of LC present in the mixture.

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Issue

2001: Proceedings of the 19th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Philippine Physics Congress

Scaling new heights in physics and physics education
24-26 October 2001, Saint Mary's University, Nueva Vizcaya

Article ID

SPP-2001-W3B-1

Section

Liquid Crystals

Published

2001-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

S Johnson, S Delica, and Z Domingo, A new liquid crystal mixture based on E48 and castor oil, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 19, SPP-2001-W3B-1 (2001). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2001-W3B-1.