<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sridevi, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prasad, S. Krishna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nair, Geetha G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D'Britto, Virginia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhagavatula L. V. Prasad</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enhancement of anisotropic conductivity, elastic, and dielectric constants in a liquid crystal-gold nanorod system</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Physics Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMER INST PHYSICS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIRCULATION &amp; FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">97</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">151913</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We report electrical conductivity (sigma), dielectric constant (epsilon) and the elastic constant measurements in a nematic liquid crystal (LC) doped with small concentrations of gold nanorods. This LC-nanoparticle complex, shows not only orders of magnitude higher sigma, but also stabilizes its anisotropy. The epsilon data suggests an increased ordering in the nematic phase, and an improved antiparallel correlation of the molecules in the isotropic phase. Surprisingly, an anisotropic enhancement of the Frank elasticity is also seen. We suggest a possible electro/magnetomechanical conductivity switch and also provide explanations based on the aspect ratio of the nanoparticles vis-a-vis the LC molecules. (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3499744]&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.820</style></custom4></record></records></xml>