BRILLOUIN SCATTERING IN A FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL: A STUDY OF THE LIQUID - SMECTIC A - SMECTIC C* PHASE SEQUENCE

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Kuzel, P. [1 ]
Dugautier, C. [1 ]
Moch, P. [1 ]
Pavel, M. [2 ]
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[1] Univ Paris 13, Inst Galilee, Lab PMTM, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
[2] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, CZ-18040 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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10.1080/00150199608210483
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A Brillouin study of a liquid crystal in the temperature range covering a liquid - smectic A - smectic C* phase sequence has been performed. The effective elastic stiffnesses and the viscosities are derived in the frame of an hydrodynamic model which gives account of the observed anisotropies in the liquid-crystal phases. The anisotropy expected in the smectic phases which differentiates C-33 and C-13 from C-11, continuously develops below the liquid - Sm A transition temperature. Small anomalies in the variations of the stiffness constants at the smectic A - ferroelectric smectic C* transition are observed for the first time.
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