INVESTIGATION OF DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MBBA-5CB NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL STRUCTURES

Abstract

The dielectric anisotropy (Δε') is the response of the LC molecules to an applied electric field. In this study, the dielectric properties of 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) and N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline (MBBA) nematic liquid crystals with positive and negative dielectric anisotropy were investigated in detail. In addition, a structure with zero dielectric anisotropy was obtained by mixing MBBA and 5CB liquid crystals in certain rate (1:0.02). The behavior of the samples under 0V and 20V voltages was investigated in detail. Dielectric measurements were made with dielectric spectroscopy technique, which is a powerful method to investigate the molecular interaction mechanisms of liquid crystal materials, at a frequency of 1 kHz-10 MHz and a voltage of 0-20 V at room temperature. Some important parameters such as dielectric anisotropy (Δε'), relaxation frequency (f_R), relaxation time (τ) were determined for the samples. When electric field is applied to nematic liquid crystals, it is seen that, depending on the voltage, the relaxation frequency decreases, and the relaxation time increases.

Keywords

• Nematic liquid crystal
• 5CB; MBBA
• dielectric properties
• dielectric anisotropy.

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