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Title: Electrooptic soft mode response of compounds exhibiting the antiferroelectric phase
Authors: Sarala, S.
Roy, Arun
Madhusudana, N.V.
Nguyen, H.T.
Destrade, C.
Cluzeau, P.
Issue Date: Mar-1995
Publisher: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
Citation: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1995, Vol.261 ,p1-13
Abstract: We report measurements on the electrooptic response of thin samples (sim2-5 b.mum) of two antiferroelectric liquid crystals. All the phase transitions in these compounds can be very easily detected using this technique. We have been able to measure such an electrooptic effect for the first time in the antiferroelectric and smectic I* phases of a tolane compound. The response shows a relaxation at high frequencies (sim10 KHz) and is at-tributed to a soft mode which produces an asymmetry in the molecular tilt in successive layers.
Description: Restricted Access.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2298
ISSN: 1058-725X
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10587259508033447
Copyright: 1995 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V.
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