Citation
Pa. Pramod et al., Experimental studies on the undulated twist grain boundary-C* liquid crystal, FERROELECTR, 244(1-4), 2000, pp. 331
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
FERROELECTRICS
ISSN journal
00150193
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Volume
244
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-0193(2000)244:1-4<331:ESOTUT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report calorimetric, Xray, electrooptic, electric-field and dielectric e
xperiments conducted on the recently discovered undulated twist grain bound
ary-C* liquid crystal. The results are discussed on the basis of the struct
ure of this new phase which is characterised by a two-dimensional modulatio
n orthogonal to the TGB helical axis and a helical arrangement of the molec
ular director within the smectic blocks.