Birefringence and optical rotation in chiral ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 133-151

  Musevic I ^a   Skarabot M ^a   Kityk, A V ^a,c   Blinc, R ^a   Moro, D ^b   Heppke, G ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL OPTICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric liquid crystals; Birefringence; Ferroelectric liquid crystals; Optical rotation; Order parameter

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIREFRINGENCE; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARAELECTRICITY;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031325783     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150199708012841     Document Type: Article

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