1ST-ORDER PARAELECTRIC-ANTIFERROELECTRIC PHASE-TRANSITION IN A CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL OF A FLUORINE CONTAINING PHENYL PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE

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作者
INUI, S [1 ]
KAWANO, S [1 ]
SAITO, M [1 ]
IWANE, H [1 ]
TAKANISHI, Y [1 ]
HIRAOKA, K [1 ]
OUCHI, Y [1 ]
TAKEZOE, H [1 ]
FUKUDA, A [1 ]
机构
[1] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,DEPT ORGAN & POLYMER MAT,MEGURO KU,TOKYO 152,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 06期
关键词
Antiferroelectric phase; Dielectric constant; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; First order phase transition; Interlayer spacing; Tristable switching; X-ray diffraction;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.L987
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The first-order phase transition between paraelectric SmA and antiferroelectric SmCA* phases has been observed for the first time in (S)-4-(1-trifluoromethylheptyloxycarbonyl)phenyl 4-(5-dodecyloxypyrimidin-2-yl)benzoate (TFMHPDOPB). Three pieces of evidence for the first-order phase transition are shown by means of DSC, X-ray and dielectric measurements. The DSC peak of the SmA-SmCA* transition is as large as the one for the Iso-SmA transition. The temperature dependences of the interlayer spacing determined by X-ray diffraction and of the dielectric constant reveal marked discontinuous jumps at the SmA-SmCA* phase transition. © 1990 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
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页码:L987 / L990
页数:4
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