Frustration between syn- and anticlinicity in mixtures of chiral and non-chiral tilted smectic-C-type liquid crystals

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Lagerwall, J P F ^a   Heppke, G ^b   Giesselmann, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MIXTURES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTICLINICITY; CHIRALITY; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (FLC); NON-CHIRAL SYNCLINICS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 26644435563     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10035-5     Document Type: Article

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