NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES IN DILUTE SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS

Authors
MISHRA BK MISHRA SB SHAH DO VALAULIKAR BS MANOHAR C
Citation
Bk. Mishra et al., NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES IN DILUTE SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS, Liquid crystals, 18(5), 1995, pp. 743-744
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
02678292
Volume
18
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
743 - 744
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-8292(1995)18:5<743:NLSIDS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The nematic phase and the viscous isotropic (VI) phase formed by solut ions of CTAB and SHNC are investigated using light scattering and visc osity techniques. It is argued that the turbidity in the nematic phase is due to orientational fluctuations in the director and therefore th e intensity scales as Q(-2). It is shown that with dilution of the nem atic phase with water the turbidity disappears with a simultaneous inc rease of viscosity.