title: The structural transitions in 6CHBT-based ferronematic droplets.
abstract: In this work we describe the observations of structural transitions in ferronematics based on the thermotropic nematics 6CHBT (4-trans-4'-n-hexyl-cyclohexyl-isothiocyanato-benzene). The ferronematic droplets were observed in solutions of nematogenic 6CHBT dissolved in phenyl isocyanate and doped with fine magnetic particles. The phase diagram of the transitions from the isotropic phase to the nematic phase via a droplet state was found. Magneto-dielectric measurements of various structural transitions in this new system enabled us to estimate the type of anchoring of the nematic molecules on the magnetic particle surfaces in the droplets.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 043 53 Košice, Slovakia.
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authors.lastname: Tomašovičová
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authors.lastname: Koneracká
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authors.lastname: Tomčo
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authors.lastname: Závišová
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