Presenting Percent Crystallinity and Crystallization Order of 8OCB Liquid Crystal

International Journal of Applied Physics

© 2025 by SSRG - IJAP Journal

Volume 12 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2025

Authors : Grace Petrarca, Dipti Sharma

10.14445/23500301/IJAP-V12I2P101

How to Cite?

Grace Petrarca, Dipti Sharma, "Presenting Percent Crystallinity and Crystallization Order of 8OCB Liquid Crystal," SSRG International Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 12,  no. 2, pp. 1-5, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23500301/IJAP-V12I2P101

Abstract:

This paper reports the details of percent crystallization, degree of crystallization, and order parameters of 4-oxo 4'-cyano-biphenyl (8OCB) Liquid Crystal (LC) during crystallization transitions that occur when heated and cooled at various ramp rates. It is found that 8OCB exhibits dynamic behavior during its crystallization transition. The Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) technique was used to determine the heat flow of 8OCB as a function of temperature at three ramp rates: 5 °C/min, 10 °C/min, and 20°C/min. Heating was performed from -40 °C to 100 °C, followed by cooling from 100 °C to -40 °C. LoggerPro was then used for further data analysis of the DSC data to identify dynamics in its crystallization. As 8OCB was heated and cooled, the crystallization phase, both in heating and cooling, showed changes in its degree of crystallization, order parameters, and percent crystallinity. There were also noticeable movements and degradation of the crystallization phase transitions as the ramp rate increased. It was found that the number of sub-peaks that appeared during crystallization changed for both heating and cooling. The degree of crystallization decreased with heating and increased during cooling for increased ramp rates. Furthermore, the study of order parameters supports the dynamic behavior of crystallization, with a lower-order parameter for heating crystallization and a higher-order parameter for cooling crystallization. This further complicates cooling crystallization. This further supports the phenomenon where LC molecules do not completely return to a completely ordered state when cooled and retain some energy within the molecules before reheating. However, the stability of nOCB during these temperature changes retains a high degree of crystallinity throughout, providing valuable insight into the practical application of 8OCB in the Liquid Crystal (LC) world.

Keywords:

Liquid Crystal (LC), 8OCB, Heat Capacity, Temperature, Ramp Rate, Reheating/Re-cooling, Percent crystallinity, enthalpy, Fractured Integration, Order Parameters, Models, Pure and Applied Research.

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