ELECTROOPTIC RESPONSE OF SMECTIC-O AND SMECTIC-O-ASTERISK

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CLADIS, PE [1 ]
BRAND, HR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ESSEN GESAMTHSCH,FB 7,W-4300 ESSEN 1,GERMANY
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10.1080/02678299308026446
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We present the results of our investigations on the electrooptic properties of the smectic O and O* phases of m7tac (1-methylheptyl terephthalylidene-bis-4-aminocinnamate). At low voltages, we observed striking electrochromic effects and, in O* at high voltages, a field induced phase transition. Freely suspended thick films of m7tac in the O and O* phases are weakly biaxial. A framework is proposed to account for our observations.
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