N. Scaramuzza et al., CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES UNDER AC ELECTRIC-FIELDS IN A MESOGENIC AZOCOMPOUND COMPLEXED WITH PALLADIUM, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 239, 1994, pp. 195-202
We report the observation of convective instabilities in a mesogenic a
zocompound complexed with palladium, subjected to electric fields. The
analysis of the experimental data indicates that the conductive regim
e extends to higher frequencies with respect to that of the common nem
atics, even if we find that the dielectric anisotropy of the metallome
sogen and of the ligand have the same order of magnitude.