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Dynamic memory tuned by frequency in a homologous thermotropic liquid crystal

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With scaling of dynamic RAM and NAND memory technologies reaching a limit, there is a need for dynamic memory with high density. In this work, an investigation on existence of dynamic memory feature in a frequency tuned homologous series of thermotropic liquid crystals has been carried out. A homologues series of five thermotropic liquid crystalline compounds comprising of 4-butyl benzoic acid and various alkyloxy benzoic acids are prepared, and all these mesogens exhibit only nematic phase. Liquid crystal dynamic memory storage setup consists of a conducting transparent glass cell with two indium tin oxide coated transparent glass plates acting as electrical electrodes in which the selected thermotropic liquid crystal is filled by capillary action. The temperature dependent dielectric relaxation studies enable to elucidate the relaxation frequency of each of these mesogens in nematic phase. The liquid crystal at different temperatures is excited with the relaxation frequency at various chosen fields, and the dielectric hysteresis is recorded. The magnitude of the hysteresis loop is directly proportional to the memory storage capacity. The main objective of this work is observation of dynamic memory storage in liquid crystals exhibiting nematic phase, at different frequencies in a thermotropic liquid crystal as the ingredient in a conducting polyamide buffed glass cell excited by an external electrical dc stimulus. The variation of the hysteresis loop with varying field; temperature and frequency are also studied and reported in this work.

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  1. VLSI Systems Research Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India

    Vidya P. Janaki

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India

    S. Moorthi

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Liquid Crystal Research Laboratory, Research Park, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode-District, Tamil Nadu, 638 401, India

    M. L. N. Madhu Mohan

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VPJ was contributed to conceptualization, writing—original draft, experimentation, and data recording. SM was contributed to conceptualization, data interpretation, and analysis. MLNMM was contributed to conceptualization, data interpretation, and analysis.

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Janaki, V.P., Moorthi, S. & Mohan, M.L.N.M. Dynamic memory tuned by frequency in a homologous thermotropic liquid crystal. Eur. Phys. J. E 46, 38 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00300-y

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