Microscopic origin of ferroelectricity in chiral smectic C* liquid crystals and ordering of 'ferroelectric fishes' proposed by de Gennes

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 36, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 1281-1288

  Osipov, M A ^a   Gorkunov, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chirality; Ferroelectric liquid crystals; Intermolecular interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049150858     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678290903101750     Document Type: Article

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