Effect of biasing field on the soft mode in the vicinity of the SmC*-SmA phase transition of a ferroelectric liquid crystal “ZLI4851.”

2003 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 2271-2276 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Kundu ◽  
K. Suzuki ◽  
B. K. Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Soft Mode ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

X-ray microdiffraction study of the half-V-shaped switching liquid crystal

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Takada ◽  
Takashi Noma ◽  
Takeshi Togano ◽  
Taihei Mukaide ◽  
Atsuo Iida
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transient Layer ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Layer Structures ◽  
Temperature Controlled

Local layer structures and their formation process in a half-V-shaped switching ferroelectric liquid crystal (HV-FLC) were investigated by means of synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction. The HV-FLC is a FLC that has a cholesteric–chiral smectic C (Ch–SmC*) phase transition sequences. X-ray microdiffraction measurements revealed that the SmC* phase in the HV-FLC was composed of asymmetric chevron and inclined-bookshelf structures. In addition, temperature-controlled X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the transient layer structures appeared during the Ch to SmC* phase transition.

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