Abstract
19F Fast Field-Cycling (FFC) NMR relaxometry was applied for the first time for the investigation of the dynamics of a liquid crystal. Longitudinal 19F relaxation rates were measured at different temperatures in the nematic phase of 4DBF2 in the frequency range between about 9.5kHz and 33MHz. The observed relaxation dispersions could be well reproduced using a simple model in which contributions due to order director fluctuations and molecular rotational diffusion motions were considered. The obtained results indicate 19F FFC NMR relaxometry as a valuable method for the investigation of molecular and collective motions of fluorinated liquid crystals.
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