In this paper we present a novel experimental investigation of the high temperature range of antiferroelectric liquid crystals. We find that in thin cells the SmC* phase is lost and a direct transition, apparently second order, occurs between the SmC*(A) and the SmA*. This is accompanied by a large electroclinic effect.
Investigation of the apparently thresholdless behaviour in the high temperature range of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixture
Beccherelli R;
2000
Abstract
In this paper we present a novel experimental investigation of the high temperature range of antiferroelectric liquid crystals. We find that in thin cells the SmC* phase is lost and a direct transition, apparently second order, occurs between the SmC*(A) and the SmA*. This is accompanied by a large electroclinic effect.File in questo prodotto:
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