Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.337, No.4-6, 248-254, 2001
Pressure-induced change in orientational order of solutes in liquid crystals
The H-1 and H-1 NMR spectroscopy of the nematic liquid crystal ZLI 1132 containing small amounts of the solutes 1,3,5- trichlorobenzene. p-dichlorobenzene and acetone was investigated as a function of the pressure of a mixture of molecular hydrogen and deuterium gases above the sample. A general increase of solute orientational order with pressure was observed. Differences in behavior of the orientational order of the hydrogens compared to the other solutes are discussed.