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4-Cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl

Known as: 5CB 
4-Cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl is a commonly used nematic liquid crystal with the chemical formula C18H19N. It frequently goes by the common name 5CB. 5CB… 
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2013
2013
Liquid Crystal Based Optical Sensor for Imaging Trypsin Activity at Interfaces Between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals
In this study, we developed a liquid crystal (LC)-based optical sensor for monitoring enzymatic activity through orientational… 
2013
2013
Squid Susceptibility Measurements on 5CB
ABSTRACTA high sensitivity SQUID susceptometer has been employed for the first time to measure one component of the diamagnetic… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Predicting surface anchoring: molecular organization across a thin film of 5CB liquid crystal on silicon
Anchoring, i.e. the orientation and ordering of organic molecules at a surface and its persistence away from the interface, is a… 
2008
2008
Dielectric studies of dispersions of carbon nanotubes in liquid crystals 5CB
The frequency dependences of the imaginary e" and real e' parts of complex dielectric permittivity inherent to planarly aligned… 
2006
2006
Effects leading to colossal optical nonlinearity in dye-doped liquid crystals
In this paper, we report our most recent results about the huge optical nonlinearity of methyl red (MR)-doped 5CB thin cells. The… 
2001
2001
Theoretical investigations of rotational phenomena and dielectric properties in a nematic liquid crystal
Abstract:The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, based on a realistic atom-atom interaction potential, was performed on 4-n… 
2000
2000
The tribological performance of nematic liquid crystal 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) as a lubricant additive
The tribological behavior of nematic requid crystal 4-n-pentyl-4'-exanobiphenyl (5CB) was observed using a four-ball friction and… 
1999
1999
Near-IR (800 to 855 nm) sensitive holographic photopolymer-dispersed liquid crystal materials
H-PDLC materials are introduced with sensitivity in the 800- 850 nm region. Materials presented are based on acrylate monomers… 
1998
1998
PVT and dielectric measurements on 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyano-biphenyl (5CB) under high pressure
With the use of recently developed dilatometric cell pVT data are established for the crystalline, nematic and isotropic phases… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Measurement and Assignment of Long-Range C−H Dipolar Couplings in Liquid Crystals by Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy
We describe multidimensional NMR techniques to measure and assign 13C−1H dipolar couplings in nematic liquid crystals with high… 
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