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Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing

Massey, M. K. ; Volpati, D. LU ; Qaiser, F. ; Kotsialos, A. ; Pearson, C. ; Zeze, D. A. and Petty, M. C. (2015) International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014 1648.
Abstract

We demonstrate the manipulation of single-walled carbon nanotube/liquid crystal composites using in-plane electric fields. The conductivity of the materials is shown to be dependant on the application of a DC bias across the electrodes. When the materials are subjected to this in-plane field, it is suggested that the liquid crystals orientate, thereby forcing the SWCNTs to follow in alignment. This process occurs over many seconds, since the SWCNTs are significantly larger in size than the liquid crystals. The opportunity for applying this material to unconventional computing problems is suggested.

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keywords
carbon nanotubes, Liquid crystal alignment, unconventional computing
host publication
Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014
editor
Simos, Theodore E. ; Simos, Theodore E. ; Tsitouras, Charalambos and Simos, Theodore E.
volume
1648
article number
280009
publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
conference name
International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014
conference location
Rhodes, Greece
conference dates
2014-09-22 - 2014-09-28
external identifiers
  • scopus:84939649091
ISBN
9780735412873
DOI
10.1063/1.4912538
language
English
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  author       = {{Massey, M. K. and Volpati, D. and Qaiser, F. and Kotsialos, A. and Pearson, C. and Zeze, D. A. and Petty, M. C.}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014}},
  editor       = {{Simos, Theodore E. and Simos, Theodore E. and Tsitouras, Charalambos and Simos, Theodore E.}},
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  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  title        = {{Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4912538}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4912538}},
  volume       = {{1648}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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