Table 2.

Values of parameters portraying $d\epsilon \left(T\right)/dT$ pretransitional changes in the isotropic phase of MBBA and related nanocolloids with BaTiO₃ nanoparticles via Equation (5). Graphical results are shown by blue curves in Figure 6 and Figure 7.

System	$\mathit{a}$	$\mathit{C}$	${\mathsf{\Delta }\mathit{T}}^{\mathbf{*}}\left(\mathbf{K}\right)$	α
MBBA	−0.0101	9.14 × 10−4	0.8	$1/2$
+0.01%	−0.0117	3.13 × 10−3	1.3	$1/2$
+0.5%	−0.011	−6.91 × 10−3	3.0	$1/2$
+1%	−0.013	−6.12 × 10−3	3.4	$1/2$