FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES, vol.30, no.8, pp.848-852, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
The effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on the dielectric and conductivity properties of nematic liquid crystal 4-methoxybenzylidene-4 '-butylaniline (MBBA) has been studied. It was shown that the additive of SWCNTs with concentration of 0.3% leads to an increase in the order parameter of MBBA. In this case, the clearing point is raised, the longitudinal component of the dielectric permittivity decreases while the transverse component increases as well as dielectric anisotropy. The percolation effect promotes to the dominance of hopping electron conductivity over ionic conductivity, leading to an increase in electric conductivity.