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dc.contributor.authorKrishna Prasad, S.-
dc.contributor.authorKhened, S.M.-
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekhar, S.-
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-14T10:23:40Z-
dc.date.available2007-06-14T10:23:40Z-
dc.date.issued1993-10-
dc.identifier.citationFerroelectrics, 1993, Vol.147, p351-365en
dc.identifier.issn0015-0193-
dc.identifier.issn1563-5112(Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/2845-
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dc.description.abstractWe present here an overview of our high pressure investigations on ferroelectric liquid crystals. We begin with a brief description of the optical and electrical high pressure set up, followed by data highlighting the influence of pressure on a variety of properties. The results can be summarized as follows. At a constant relative temperature (with respect to the A-C* phase boundary) the spontaneous polarisation (Ps) decreases linearly with increasing pressure, whereas the coercive field Ec' the critical field Eu for unwinding the helix and the rotational viscosity b.gammab.Phi associated with ferroelectric switching increase linearly with pressure. The temperature and frequency dependence of the transverse dielectric constant show more dramatic changes. The dominant effect on the dielectric constant appears to be due to the slowing down of the director relaxation modes, viz., the Goldstone mode and the soft mode with pressure. The ferroelectric switching time estimated from the simple relation b.tau = b.gamma /Ps E shows a linear increase with pressure. Experiments are in progress to measure the pressure dependence of the pitch.en
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dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00150199308217205en
dc.rights1993 Taylor & Francisen
dc.titleHigh pressure studies on ferroelectric liquid crystalsen
dc.typeArticleen
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