EVALUATION OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS INCORPORATING LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS

Authors
Citation
C. Malins et D. Lacey, EVALUATION OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS INCORPORATING LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS, Journal of materials chemistry, 4(7), 1994, pp. 1029-1033
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Material Science
ISSN journal
09599428
Volume
4
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1029 - 1033
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-9428(1994)4:7<1029:EOEFIL>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Liquid-crystalline materials have been employed in electro-rheological fluid dispersions. Four commercially available dispersed phases were used in conjunction with a nematic liquid-crystal mixture E7 to form l iquid-crystalline electrorheological fluids displaying good yield stre sses. Both the dielectric anisotropy and the highly organized nature o f the molecules of the nematic phase exhibited by the liquid-crystalli ne materials have been shown to contribute to the electro-rheological activity exhibited by these novel fluids.