Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 2552–2561, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.255
; helixunwinding; liquid crystals; magnetic field; shear flow; Introduction
The dispersing of nanoparticles of different nature (e.g., carbon nanotubes, ferromagnetic or ferroelectric particles, quantum dots, silica particles) into liquid crystals (LCs) leads to a change in the properties of the
the integration constant C, at which the helix pitch p diverges, in the second equation of the system (Equation 21), gives the dependence of the critical magnetic field strength hc on the parameter ξ, which determines the regime of helixunwinding. This dependence can be represented in the parametric
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Figure 1:
Orientation of the director and the magnetization of a ferrocholesteric in a magnetic field and a s...