Study of Dynamic and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polyaniline–Fullerene–Liquid Crystal Structures

Autor: Yu. A. Zubtsova, S. V. Murashov, P. Ya. Vasilyev, Natalia V. Kamanina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 467:171-180
ISSN: 1563-5287
1542-1406
DOI: 10.1080/15421400701221419
Popis: In the present article, the characteristics of the polyaniline (PANI)-fullerene-nematic liquid crystal (NLC) have been studied. It has been noticed that dealing with nanostructured medium based on fullerene-doped PANI sufficiently accelerates transitional processes in a dispersed LC structure, causing the mesophase reorientation in shorter times. A quasi-transition from the nematic phase to the smectic one has been observed. The registered switching times of the fullerene-containing NLC-systems are in the range of tens of microseconds, which is not peculiar to the substance in the nematic phase, and have been observed earlier in the smectic phase only. In addition, the nonlinear absorption of laser radiation has been established at a wavelength of 805 nm in the systems studied. These structures could be applied in human eye and optical device protecting systems.
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