Estimation of Nematic Order Parameters via Haller Analysis of 1H NMR Spectra of Liquid Crystals

The Haller relationship was applied to estimate the nematic order parameter S from 1H NMR spectra of fully protonated liquid crystals aligned in the magnetic field. The NMR line shapes were approximated as doublets of very broad peaks. Both the temperature-dependent doublet Splitting and the full width at half maximum of the whole spectra were used for Haller extrapolation. The order parameters obtained with the proposed approach for 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) and the nematic mixture E7 were found to be in good agreement with previously reports.