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The effect of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the rotational viscosity and charge carrier concentration of a nematic liquid crystal

D. P. Shcherbinin, E. A. Konshina, D. E. Solodkov

St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics

Abstract: The addition of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with a core diameter of 3.5 nm at a concentration of 10 wt% leads to a 2.5-fold increase in the dynamic rotational viscosity of a 5CB nematic liquid crystal (NLC). A comparison of the diffusion currents in NLC cells filled with pure 5CB and a suspension with QDs shows evidence of an increase in the concentration of charge carriers in the latter case.

Received: 13.03.2015

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2015, 41:8, 781–783

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