Landau expansion coefficients for a ferroelectric liquid crystal showing a polarization sign inversion

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 292, Issue , 1997, Pages 277-292

  Blinov, L M ^a   Beresnev, L A ^a   Demus, D ^b,c   Iablonski, S V ^a   Pikin, S A ^a  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c International Scientific Consultait Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; Phase transitions; Smectics; Spontaneous polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143088147     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259708031937     Document Type: Article

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