Ferroelectric ordering in chiral smectic- C* liquid crystals determined by nonchiral intermolecular interactions

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Osipov, M A ^a   Gorkunov, M V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC ORDERING; MOLECULAR CHIRALITY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 40949094367     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031701     Document Type: Article

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