Publication
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Paper
Order-related properties of some nematic liquids
Abstract
The refractive indices, density, and diamagnetic susceptibility are reported as a function of temperature for three materials that exhibit nematic liquid crystalline phases in the vicinity of room temperature. The temperature dependence of the nematic order parameter is essentially identical for the three materials. The applicability of models used in the computation of polarization fields of anisotropic molecules is evaluated.