Colossal Dielectric Permittivity and Superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals

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Main Authors: Panarin, Yuri P., Jiang, Wanhe, Yadav, Neelam, Sahai, Mudit, Tang, Yumin, Zeng, Xiangbing, Panarina, O. E., Mehl, Georg H., Vij, Jagdish K.
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author Panarin, Yuri P.
Jiang, Wanhe
Yadav, Neelam
Sahai, Mudit
Tang, Yumin
Zeng, Xiangbing
Panarina, O. E.
Mehl, Georg H.
Vij, Jagdish K.
author_facet Panarin, Yuri P.
Jiang, Wanhe
Yadav, Neelam
Sahai, Mudit
Tang, Yumin
Zeng, Xiangbing
Panarina, O. E.
Mehl, Georg H.
Vij, Jagdish K.
contents A set of polar rod-shaped liquid crystalline molecules with large dipole moments (mu > 10.4-14.8 D), their molecular structures based on the ferroelectric nematic prototype DIO, are designed, synthesized, and investigated. When the penultimate fluoro-phenyl ring is replaced by phenylpyrimidine moiety, the molecular dipole moment increases from 9.4 D for DIO to 10.4 D for the new molecule and when the terminal fluoro-group is additionally replaced by the nitrile group, the dipole moment rises to 14.8 D. Such a replacement enhances not only the net dipole moment of the molecule, but it also reduces the steric hindrance to rotations of the moieties within the molecule. The superparaelectric nematic (N) and smectic A (SmA) phases of these compounds are found to exhibit colossal dielectric permittivity, obtained both from dielectric spectroscopy, and capacitance measurements using a simple capacitor divider circuit. The electric polarization is measured vs. the field (E). However, no hysteresis in P vs. E is found in the nematic and smectic A phases. The colossal dielectric permittivity persists over the entire fluidic range. The experimental results lead us to conclude that these materials belong to the class of superparaelectrics (SPE) rather than to ferroelectrics due to the absence hysteresis and linear P vs E dependence. The synthesized organic materials are the first fluids for which superparaelectricity is discovered and furthermore these show great potential for the applications in supercapacitors used in storing energy.
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spellingShingle Colossal Dielectric Permittivity and Superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals
Panarin, Yuri P.
Jiang, Wanhe
Yadav, Neelam
Sahai, Mudit
Tang, Yumin
Zeng, Xiangbing
Panarina, O. E.
Mehl, Georg H.
Vij, Jagdish K.
Soft Condensed Matter
A set of polar rod-shaped liquid crystalline molecules with large dipole moments (mu > 10.4-14.8 D), their molecular structures based on the ferroelectric nematic prototype DIO, are designed, synthesized, and investigated. When the penultimate fluoro-phenyl ring is replaced by phenylpyrimidine moiety, the molecular dipole moment increases from 9.4 D for DIO to 10.4 D for the new molecule and when the terminal fluoro-group is additionally replaced by the nitrile group, the dipole moment rises to 14.8 D. Such a replacement enhances not only the net dipole moment of the molecule, but it also reduces the steric hindrance to rotations of the moieties within the molecule. The superparaelectric nematic (N) and smectic A (SmA) phases of these compounds are found to exhibit colossal dielectric permittivity, obtained both from dielectric spectroscopy, and capacitance measurements using a simple capacitor divider circuit. The electric polarization is measured vs. the field (E). However, no hysteresis in P vs. E is found in the nematic and smectic A phases. The colossal dielectric permittivity persists over the entire fluidic range. The experimental results lead us to conclude that these materials belong to the class of superparaelectrics (SPE) rather than to ferroelectrics due to the absence hysteresis and linear P vs E dependence. The synthesized organic materials are the first fluids for which superparaelectricity is discovered and furthermore these show great potential for the applications in supercapacitors used in storing energy.
title Colossal Dielectric Permittivity and Superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04606