Microscopic origin of ferroelectricity in chiral smectic C* liquid crystals and ordering of 'ferroelectric fishes' proposed by de Gennes

被引:10
作者
Osipov, M. A. [1 ]
Gorkunov, M. V. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Math, Glasgow G1 1XH, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Crystallog, Moscow 119333, Russia
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
ferroelectric liquid crystals; chirality; intermolecular interactions; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATION; DOPANTS; DEPENDENCE; PHASE; FIELD; POWER;
D O I
10.1080/02678290903101750
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
The qualitative microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in smectic C* liquid crystals originally proposed by de Gennes and others is analysed in detail using the molecular-statistical approach. The general expression is obtained for the spontaneous polarisation of the smectic C* phase composed of chiral and polar molecules of the C2 symmetry. The polarisation is shown to be determined by molecular chirality, molecular transverse dipole and the non-polar biaxial order parameter which does not vanish in the non-chiral smectic C phase. A particular molecular model is considered in which molecular chirality and molecular biaxiality are determined by the pair of off-centre transverse molecular dipoles. In the context of this model the spontaneous polarisation is evaluated both analytically and numerically.
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页码:1281 / 1288
页数:8
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