Field-induced switching of the layer chirality in SmCP phases of novel achiral bent-core liquid crystals and their unusual large increase in clearing temperature under electric field application

被引：63

作者：

Schröder, MW ^{[1
]}

Diele, S ^{[1
]}

Pelzl, G ^{[1
]}

Weissflog, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Phys Chem, D-06108 Halle An Der Saale, Germany

来源：

CHEMPHYSCHEM | 2004年 / 5卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1002/cphc.200300904

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Switching of chirality: A field-induced inversion of the layer chirality has been found in the SmCPA phase of novel bent-core mesogens. Furthermore, a field-induced enhancement of the clearing temperature (transition temperature SmCPA to isotropic) up to 4 K could be observed; this is obviously due to the field-induced alignment of ferroelectric clusters, which exist already in the isotropic liquid. The picture shows a texture of the SmCPA phase with circular domains.

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页码：99 / 103

页数：5

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