OPTICS AND ELECTROOPTICS OF CHIRAL SMECTI C C-LIQUID CRYSTALS

Citation
Gs. Chilaya et Vg. Chigrinov, OPTICS AND ELECTROOPTICS OF CHIRAL SMECTI C C-LIQUID CRYSTALS, Uspehi fiziceskih nauk, 163(10), 1993, pp. 1-28
Citations number
158
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00421294
Volume
163
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-1294(1993)163:10<1:OAEOCS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The review of optical properties of Ferrolectric chiral smectic Liquid Crystals (FLCs) based on a diffraction on a supermolecular periodic s tructure is given. Symmetry and physical properties as well as electro optical effects and their possible applications of FLCs are discussed.