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  2. Temperature Dependence of Molecular Tilt Angle and Rotatory Power in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal with Polarization Sign Reversal
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Abstract

The molecular tilt angle of the ferroelectric liquid crystal IS-2424 monotonously increases in the smectic C* phase with decreasing temperature from zero at the smectic A-smectic C* transition to about θ = 15°. It can be described by a critical exponent β = 0.26 ± 0.02. The temperature dependence of the tilt angle is definitely not proportional to the temperature dependence of the spontaneous polarization which shows a sign reversal.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1080/00268948908042164
Publication Date
1989-01-01
Publication Title
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
Volume
172
Issue
1
First Page
217
Last Page
222
Subject
Community
Department of Physics
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Muševič, I., Drevenšek, I., Blinc, R., Kumar, S., & Doane, J. (1989). Temperature Dependence of Molecular Tilt Angle and Rotatory Power in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal with Polarization Sign Reversal. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948908042164
Muševič, I., I. Drevenšek, R. Blinc, Satyendra Kumar, and J. Doane. 1989. “Temperature Dependence of Molecular Tilt Angle and Rotatory Power in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal With Polarization Sign Reversal”. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948908042164.
Muševič, I., I. Drevenšek, R. Blinc, S. Kumar, and J. Doane. Temperature Dependence of Molecular Tilt Angle and Rotatory Power in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal With Polarization Sign Reversal. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics, 1 Jan. 1989, doi:10.1080/00268948908042164.