Simultaneous observation of electric field coupling to longitudinal and transverse ferroelectricity in a chiral liquid crystal

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2237-2240

  Link, D R ^a   Maclennan, J E ^a   Clark, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRICITY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POINT DEFECTS; POLARIZATION; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC PHASE; CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; DEPOLARIZED REFLECTED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; FREELY SUSPENDED FILMS; ODD EVEN LAYERING EFFECTS; SURFACE MODIFICATION;

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 0030576817     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2237     Document Type: Article

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