NONCHIRAL FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC-C FILMS

Authors
ANDREEVA PO DOLGANOV VK GORS C FOURET R KATS EI
Citation
Po. Andreeva et al., NONCHIRAL FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC-C FILMS, JETP letters, 67(10), 1998, pp. 856-862
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
67
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
856 - 862
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1998)67:10<856:NFSF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Free-standing films of nonchiral liquid crystal compound are studied b y optical reflectivity measurements. The existence of macroscopic ferr oelectric properties and orientation of the tilt plane parallel to an electric field in the temperature range above the smectic-C-smectic-A bulk transition is demonstrated. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physic s. [S0021-3640(98)01801-5].