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Abstract
Transient charging and discharging currents produced by a DC voltage applied to a parallel plate capacitor filled with a liquid crystal sample have been studied experimentally. A discontinuous jump of the current magnitude in the nematic phase has been observed for the first time. The shape of the charging and discharging current curves has been shown to depend on the run numbers. Experimental results have been explained with a simple model based on molecular alignment.