FIELD INDUCED STUDIES IN CARBON NANOTUBE DOPED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) doped nematic liquid crystal (NLC) mixture of varying concentrations of CNT in 0.0, 0.2 and 0.5 wt./wt.% ratios have been prepared and studied. The effect of electric field on conductivity behavior and optical properties in pure and CNT-NLC mixture has been investigated. Addition of CNT in NLC mixture increases the conductivity nearly 3 times. The lower concentration of CNTs leads to better optical responses.