Anticlinic surfaces in freely suspended smectic films stabilized by electrostatic interactions

Authors
Rovsek, B Cepic, M Zeks, B
Citation
B. Rovsek et al., Anticlinic surfaces in freely suspended smectic films stabilized by electrostatic interactions, MOLEC CRYST, 367, 2001, pp. 3199-3206
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS → ACNP
Volume
367
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3199 - 3206
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Electrostatic dipolar interactions between transversal polarizations of the finite and parallel surface smectic layers are shown to stabilize the anti clinic smectic-C surfaces in freely suspended smectic films formed from (an ti) ferroelectric liquid crystals.