On the Origin of the βGiantβ Electroclin
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Nadia Kapernaum; David M. Walba; Eva Korblova; Chenhui Zhu; Chris Jones; Yongqia
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract **W415 is a chiral smectic compound** with a remarkably weak temperature dependence of its giant electroclinic effect in the liquid crystalline smectic A\* phase. Furthermore it possesses a high spontaneous polarization in the smectic C\* phase. The origin of this striking electroclinic