Abstract
We investigated both numerically and experimentally the dynamics of individual zinc oxide nanowires immersed in an in-plane switching 4-Cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl liquid crystal cell under switching electric fields. Comparing the motion of nanowires captured by a high-speed video camera with the simulated results allows the interaction among nanowires, liquid crystals, and external electric field to be studied. Our results show that in the nematic phase, the relaxation and response of a nanowire are both controlled by the dielectrophoretic torque induced by the external electric field and the elastic torque arising from the liquid crystals.
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