Orientational Fluctuations Near the Smectic A to Smectic C Phase Transition in Two “de Vries”-Type Liquid Crystals

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 2990-2995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothee Nonnenmacher ◽  
Stefan Jagiella ◽  
Qingxiang Song ◽  
Robert P. Lemieux ◽  
Frank Giesselmann
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries

Birefringence suppression near the smectic A–smectic C phase transition in de Vries-type liquid crystals

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1204-1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Fernsler ◽  
Derek Wicks ◽  
Daniel Staines ◽  
Austin Havens ◽  
Nathan Paszek
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries

Electro-optic characteristics of de Vries tilted smectic liquid crystals: Analog behavior in the smectic A* and smectic C* phases

2002 ◽  
Vol 80 (22) ◽  
pp. 4097-4099 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Clark ◽  
T. Bellini ◽  
R.-F. Shao ◽  
D. Coleman ◽  
S. Bardon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Electro Optic ◽  
De Vries ◽  
Analog Behavior

scholarly journals Electroclinic effect in a chiral carbosilane-terminated 5-phenylpyrimidine liquid crystal with ‘de Vries-like’ properties

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (63) ◽  
pp. 12601-12604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. J. Schubert ◽  
Carsten Müller ◽  
Michael D. Wand ◽  
Frank Giesselmann ◽  
Robert P. Lemieux
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries

The chiral carbosilane-terminated liquid crystal 2-[(2S,3S)-2,3-difluorohexyloxy]-5-[4-(12,12,14,14,16,16-hexamethyl-12,14,16-trisilaheptadecyloxy)phenyl]pyrimidine (QL32-6) undergoes a smectic A*-smectic C* phase transition with a maximum layer contraction of only 0.2%.

First Examples of de Vries-like Smectic A to Smectic C Phase Transitions in Ionic Liquid Crystals

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 4116-4123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Kapernaum ◽  
Carsten Müller ◽  
Svenja Moors ◽  
M. Christian Schlick ◽  
Eugen Wuckert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries ◽  
Ionic Liquid Crystals

Ferroelectric polysiloxane liquid crystals with ‘de Vries’-type smectic A*–smectic C* transitions

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 883-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rössle ◽  
R. Zentel ◽  
J. P. F. Lagerwall ◽  
F. Giesselmann
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries

The mean field model withP2θ2coupling for the smectic A-smectic C* phase transition in liquid crystals

1998 ◽  
Vol 66 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. SalihoĞLu ◽  
H. Yurtseven ◽  
A. Giz ◽  
D. Kayişoğlu ◽  
A. Konu
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Mean Field Model ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
The Mean

Study of de Vries behaviour of the smectic A*–smectic C* phase transition

2010 ◽  
Vol 83 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1026-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Podoliak ◽  
V. Novotná ◽  
M. Glogarová ◽  
V. Hamplová ◽  
M. Kašpar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
De Vries

On the Smectic a Smectic C*phase transition in high polarization ferroelectric liquid crystals

1988 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Dupont ◽  
Jean-Marc Galvan ◽  
Jean-Paul Marcerou ◽  
Jacques Prost
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
High Polarization ◽  
Smectic C
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