(E,T) phase diagrams in polar compounds

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 343, Issue 1 PART 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Manai, M ^a   Gharbi, A ^a   Essid, S ^a   Achard, M F ^b   Marcerou, J P ^b   Nguyen, H T ^b   Rouillon, J C ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

chirality; Ferroelectricity; thermodynamics; tilted smectics

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTI FERROELECTRICS; CHIRAL SMECTICS; FERROELECTRIC MESOPHASES; GROUND PHASE; POLAR COMPOUNDS; SMECTICS; SWITCHING CURRENTS; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 77349090387     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600961988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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