Abstract
We studied three-component nanocomposite produced from nano-filled nematic by doping with photoactive azobenzene liquid crystal 4-(4′-ethoxyphenylazo)phenyl hexanoate (EPH) at concentration of 3 wt.%. The photo-insensitive host nanocomposite material (the filled nematic) was a gel formed from the nematic 4-n-heptyl cyanobiphenyl (7CB) and 3 wt.% of silica nanospheres (hydrophilic Aerosil 300) of size ca. 7 nm. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was applied to determine the UV-light-produced effect in EPH-doped aerosil/7CB upon continuous trans-to-cis photoisomerization of EPH molecules by varying the UV light intensity. The effect from UV illumination on the dielectric permittivity function of the studied photoresponsive nematic nanocomposite was analyzed at a room temperature in the frequency range 0.5 Hz – 200 kHz.
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