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dc.contributor.authorP, Priscilla-
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ashwani Kumar-
dc.contributor.authorMalik, Praveen-
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sandeep-
dc.contributor.authorSupreet-
dc.contributor.authorGathania, Arvind K.-
dc.contributor.authorPrakash, Jai-
dc.contributor.authorCastagna, Riccardo-
dc.contributor.authorLucchetta, Daniele Eugenio-
dc.contributor.authorMalik, Poonma-
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Gautam-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-25T05:24:07Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-25T05:24:07Z-
dc.date.issued2024-04-05-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Molecular Structure, 2024, Vol. 1301, p137403en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-2860-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/8241-
dc.descriptionRestricted Access.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe demonstrate here the striking effect of organo-soluble carbon dots (CDs, diameter ~7- 8 nm) on the tunability of ionic relaxation and conductivity of the host, planar anchored thermotropic nematic liquid crystal (5CB, 4- Cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl). The optical texture, frequency, temperature, and concentration dependent dielectric studies of pristine 5CB and CDs-5CB composites have been performed using the polarising optical microscope and high-resolution dielectric spectroscopy, respectively. The doping of 0.5 wt% CDs into planar anchored 5CB is resulted into the vertical alignment confirmed through the cross-polarised optical microscope. The doping of CDs in 5CB liquid crystal is resulted into an unprecedented faster ionic relaxation with an abatement of the ionic amplitude at room temperature. The shift in the relaxation frequency for 0.5 wt% CDs-5CB composite (induced vertical alignment) as compared to pristine 5CB (planar aligned) at 28 ◦C (nematic) is found to be ~13 folds which is further increased to ~18 folds at 38 ◦C (isotropic). A similar trend in the conductivity curve is also observed which further confirms the significant enhancement in conductivity value with increase in temperature and concentration of dopant CDs. The observation of enhanced ionic conductivity and faster ionic relaxation in CDs-5CB composites as compared to pristine 5CB are attributed to the complete change of planar to vertical alignment by doping of CDs on planar anchored liquid crystal sample cells. It appears that the plausible strong interaction between hydrocarbon chains of CDs and 5CB molecules through anchored substrate surfaces with increasing concentration of CDs and decrease in rotational viscosity of host 5CB with increasing temperature certainly plays a pivotal role in the tuning of ionic relaxation and conductivity in the liquid crystal sample cells. We certainly believe that our results would catalyze the cognizance of the ionic relaxation and conductivity in CDs-5CB composites and other related systems. Moreover, such composites with tunable ionic relaxation/conductivity would be certainly helpful in the fabrication of various tuneable devices such as wave front corrector, low frequency oscillation generators, dynamic light scattering, and so on.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.urihttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024JMoSt130137403P/abstracten_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137403en_US
dc.rights2023 Elsevier B.V.en_US
dc.subjectnematic liquid crystalen_US
dc.subjectcarbon dotsen_US
dc.subjectnanocompositesen_US
dc.subjectDielectric spectroscopyen_US
dc.titleEffect of doping of organo-soluble carbon dots on ionic relaxation and conductivity of planar anchored cyanobiphenyl based nematic liquid crystalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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