Azobenzene-assisted alignment of ferroelectric liquid crystals in the chiral smectic C phase with an alternating current field

被引：7

作者：

Xu, ZS

Lemieux, RP

Natansohn, A ^{[1
]}

Rochon, P

Shashidhar, R

机构：

[1] Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

[2] Royal Mil Coll Canada, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7K 5L0, Canada

[3] USN, Res Lab, Ctr Biomol Sci & Engn, Washington, DC 20375 USA

来源：

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS | 1998年 / 10卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1021/cm980336w

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：

An unexpected observation of aligning ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) is described. FLCs containing azobenzene, or doped with small amounts of azobenzene compounds, can be relatively rapidly aligned in the SmC* phase with an ac field.

引用

页码：3269 / +

页数：4

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