SMECTIC LAYER SWITCHING USING A FIELD-INDUCED N-STAR-C-STAR PHASE-TRANSITION

被引:16
作者
ANDERSSON, G
FLATISCHLER, K
KOMITOV, L
LAGERWALL, ST
SKARP, K
STEBLER, B
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[1] Physics Department, Chalmers University of Technology
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10.1080/00150199108014074
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T [工业技术];
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In a chiral smectic material having an N* to C* transition, the smectic state can be induced by an applied electric field several degrees in the cholesteric state above Tc. At a certain critical field strength the smectic layers grow out along one of two directions determined by the tilt angle of the C* material and of the sign of its ferroelectric response and thus selected by the sign of the applied field. © 1991, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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