Orientational Ordering of a Liquid-Crystal Suspension of Carbon Nanotubes in a Magnetic Field

被引:8
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作者
Petrov, D. A. [1 ]
Zakhlevnykh, A. N. [1 ]
Mantsurov, A. V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Perm State Univ, Perm 614990, Russia
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
PHASE-TRANSITIONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISPERSION; ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS;
D O I
10.1134/S106377611808023X
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A statistical theory is proposed to describe a suspension of carbon nanotubes in a nematic liquid crystal. The mean-field approach is used, and dispersion attraction, the excluded volume effects, the diamagnetism of liquid crystal molecules, and the strong diamagnetism of nanotubes are taken into account. The influence of the volume fraction of impurity, temperature, and magnetic field on the orientational ordering of a liquid crystal matrix and carbon nanotubes is studied. The concentration and temperature phase transitions in the suspension are investigated for various magnetic fields. The concentration and field shifts of the point of the phase transition between nematic and isotropic or paranematic phases are studied.
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页码:357 / 369
页数:13
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