Abstract

Four tolane-based liquid crystals, 4′-pentyl-, 4′-hexyl-, and 4′-heptyl-3-fluoro-4-isothiocyanatotolane and 4′-hexyloxy-3′-fluoro-4-isothiocyanatotolane have been investigated throughout the nematic and isotropic phase in order to determine their refractive indices and order parameters using the Vuks method. These factors characterize anisotropic behaviors of selected liquid crystals that are essential for their applications and improvement. The temperature dependence of refractive indices, birefringence and order parameters in anisotropic nematic phase, have been investigated for these four nematic liquid crystals. All the compounds have positive and large optical anisotropies that increase with decreasing temperature.

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