Morphological and Dielectric Behavior of Carbon Nanotube-Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Composite

Abstract

Nanotube dispersed ferroelectric liquid crystals are playing very vital role in the development of new materials for improving display devices in industries. Carbon nanotube dispersed ferroelectric liquid crystals have high dielectric constant, fast switching response, and large electro-optic coefficient, making them ideal for memories, capacitors and display devices etc. In this work, an attempt has been made to understand the influence of carbon nanotubes on dielectric and morphological properties of FLC and how the level (wt/wt%) of carbon nanotubes concentration effect the switching response and transition temperature of FLCs. Introduction to the fundamentals of ferroelectric liquid crystals and effect of nanotubes on properties of FLC has been reviewed.