Reversible Switching Between Optically I
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A. Jákli; Y.-M. Huang; K. Fodor-Csorba; A. Vajda; G. Galli; S. Diele; G. Pelzl
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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**The tilted smectic liquid‐crystal phase** of an ester‐based bent‐core mesogen (see Figure) is optically isotropic due to the combination of suitable tilt and opening angles of the bent cores. In electric fields, V‐shaped switching between isotropic and birefringent states is observed. Both the ant