OPTICAL-ACTIVITY OF SMALL PITCH CHIRAL SMECTIC-C LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
RAJTERI M OLDANO C GALATOLA P JAGEMALM P RUDQUIST P KOMITOV L
Citation
M. Rajteri et al., OPTICAL-ACTIVITY OF SMALL PITCH CHIRAL SMECTIC-C LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 302, 1997, pp. 139-143
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
1058725X
Volume
302
Year of publication
1997
Pages
139 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1997)302:<139:OOSPCS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Recently it has been shown that chiral smectics C liquid crystals with pitch shorter than the light wavelength are optically active with max imum rotatory power for light propagating orthogonally to the helix ax is. We report the first experimental evidence of this fact.