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Dielectric and electro-optical properties of polymer-stabilized liquid crystal system

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In this work, we report the results of dielectric and electro-optical properties as a function of temperature for both pure liquid crystal matrix and polymer-stabilized liquid crystal (PSLC). The threshold and saturation voltages have been determined from transmission–voltage curves. We have studied the polymer domains formation in PSLC with variation of concentration of polymer in liquid crystal matrix. It is observed that the dielectric anisotropy of PSLC is significantly influenced by the polar order present in the polymer domains environment. A delicate interplay between the orientational order of liquid crystal and polymeric domains determines the molecular orientations of PSLC with respect to the director of the LC system.

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P.K. Tripathi is thankful to UGC, New Delhi, for providing grant of Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship No. F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/PH/13-14/0080. We are grateful to DST, New Delhi, for the financial support. We are extremely grateful to both the referees for very useful comments/suggestions.

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  1. Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Mukti Pande, Pankaj Kumar Tripathi & Shri Singh

  2. Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India

    Abhishek Kumar Misra, Shashwati Manohar & Rajiv Manohar

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Pande, M., Tripathi, P.K., Misra, A.K. et al. Dielectric and electro-optical properties of polymer-stabilized liquid crystal system. Appl. Phys. A 122, 217 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9749-8

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