Structures, transition temperatures and macroscopic polarization of antiferroelectric liquid crystals in free standing films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3318, Issue , 1997, Pages 122-127

  Čepič, Mojca ^a   Rovšek, Barbara ^a   Žeks, Boštjan ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric liquid crystal; Free standing film; Interlayer interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; FREE STANDING FILMS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031393380     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.299952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. Antiferroelectric chiral phases responsible for the tristable switching in MHPOBC
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5. Simultaneous observation of electric field coupling to longitudinal and transverse ferroelectricity in a chiral liquid crystal
6. Electrostatic interlayer interactions in tilted polar smectic liquid crystals
7. Critical adsorption at the free surface of a smectic liquid crystal possesing a second - Order phase transition