A. Hosseinisianaki et al., COMPARISON OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS BASED ON SILICONE OIL AND LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS, Journal of materials chemistry, 5(11), 1995, pp. 1853-1856
Liquid-crystalline (LC) materials have the unique property of self-org
anisation. They also exhibit physical properties that are anisotropic
in nature. It is believed that these properties can be employed to imp
rove the electrorheological effect of electrorheological (ER) fluids h
aving liquid crystals as the dielectric base. Experimental measurement
s of the steady-state characteristics, under various operating conditi
ons, of such an LC-based ER fluid are presented and compared with thos
e from two conventional silicone-based fluids. It is shown that, when
used in a variety of control regimes, the LC-based ER fluid exhibits a
far superior performance.