Measurement of the An isotropic Refractive Indices of Polybenzylglutamate Liquid Crystals. Molecular Factors and Dispersion
- 14 October 1981
- journal article
- liquid crystals
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 75 (1), 217-224
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948108073616
Abstract
The ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices have been measured for lyotropic liquid crystal solutions of poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate. The onset of the liquid crystal formation is noted as an abrupt jump in the sample birefringence in the biphasic region. The concentration dependence is otherwise unremarkable. The polymer is found to add a small, anisotropic increment to the refractivity of the supporting solvent. Both n o and n e can thus be measured in an ordinary Abbé refractometer for the low refractive solvents common to these liquid crystal solutions. The optical birefringence does not depend significantly on polymer molecular weight. Data is also included for the wavelength dependence (dispersion) of n o, n e, and Δn.Keywords
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