Molecular-statistical approach to a behavior of ferroelectric, antiferroelectric and ferrielectric smectic phases in the electric field

Experimental study of the electric-field

Experimental study of the electric-field-induced smectic A-ferroelectric smectic C critical point in binary mixtures: Approach to tricritical behavior

✍ Ch. Bahr; G. Heppke 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 720 KB

A system of binary mixtures of two liquid crystal compounds is prepared posmssing a tricritical point in the smectic A-ferroelectric smectic C transition line in the tem~raturccomposition plane. In several mixtures with different distinctness of the first-order nature of the transition the approxima