Authors : Khalid Al. Ammar and Hammood Faihan Obaid
Abstract: In this research, the effect of gold nanoparticles on the switching properties of acrylate liquid crystal polymer was studied. Five different ratios of gold nanoparticles (0.07, 0.1, 0.13, 0.16, 0.19%) have been added to a fixed molecular weight of acrylate liquid crystal (1.7×106 g mG1). Optical response times (τon and τoff) are affected by the alternating electric field. It has been found that the addition of nanoparticles increases the degrees of glass transition. Also, the conductivity increases by when an electric field is exposed which eventually reduces the time of optical response. By increasing the added nanoparticles we notice an increase in the viscosity of the liquid crystal polymer used while the threshold voltage decreases with the increase of nanoparticles.
Khalid Al. Ammar and Hammood Faihan Obaid, 2019. The Effect of Gold Nanoparticles on the Switching Properties of Acrylate Liquid Crystal Polymer. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 10632-10637.