Ferroelectnnty has been observed m hquid crystallme muttures of chiral smectic C type with a helical structure induced by choral guest molecules (pitch p = 100 pm). Samples of thtckness d < p form monodomams with ftite zero+?eld electric polarlzatlon because the spontaneous polarization of the smect
Flow properties of smectic liquid crystals
โ Scribed by B. Tamamushi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 342 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-4511
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