POLARIZATION-INDUCED RENORMALIZATION OF THE B(1) ELASTIC-MODULUS IN A FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL

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LU, MH [1 ]
CRANDALL, KA [1 ]
ROSENBLATT, C [1 ]
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[1] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,DEPT MACROMOLEC SCI,CLEVELAND,OH 44106
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3575
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O4 [物理学];
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Quasielastic light-scattering measurements are reported for a chiral smectic-C material as a function of enantiomer concentration and applied electric field, The elastic constant B1 and associated viscosity have been determined. More importantly, it was found that B1 is composed of a bare part B-1(0) and a polarization-dependent part is-proportional-to P-0(2)/q2. For wave vector q < 10(5) cm-1, the polarization-dependent term is much larger than B-1(0).
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