Ellipsometric study of freely-suspended films of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixture showing V-shaped switching

2000 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-301
Author(s):  
Seiji Shibahara ◽  
Yoichi Takanishi ◽  
Ken Ishikawa ◽  
Hideo Takezoe
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Ellipsometric Study ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films ◽  
Crystal Mixture

Bilayer-by-bilayer antiferroelectric ordering in freely suspended films of an achiral polymer-monomer liquid crystal mixture

2000 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. R37-R40 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Link ◽  
N. A. Clark ◽  
B. I. Ostrovskii ◽  
E. A. Soto Bustamante
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films ◽  
Crystal Mixture

INFLUENCE OF DIMENSIONALITY AND SURFACE ORDERING ON PHASE TRANSITIONS: STUDIES OF FREELY-SUSPENDED LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS

1994 ◽  
Vol 08 (22) ◽  
pp. 3051-3082 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN BAHR
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Smectic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Liquid Crystal Films ◽  
Integral Number ◽  
Smectic Phases ◽  
Crystal Films ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films

Freely-suspended films of smectic liquid crystals can be regarded as membranes consisting of a stack of an integral number of molecular (smectic) layers with the layer planes being parallel to the two free surfaces. Because of their variable thickness (between thousands and only two layers) and the large variety of phase transitions between different smectic phases, freely-suspended films are excellent systems to study the influence of the dimensional cross-over from three to two dimensions on phase transitions. Further, because the free surface of a liquid crystal has a strong ordering effect (contrary to solids which exhibit generally surface-induced disorder), freely-suspended films are well-suited for the study of the effect of enhanced surface order on phase transitions. A review of the corresponding experimental work is given.

Ring Pattern Formation in 2- d Shear of Freely Suspended Films of a Smectic C Liquid Crystal

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 391-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Mutabazi ◽  
P. L Finn ◽  
J. T Gleeson ◽  
J. W Goodby ◽  
C. D Andereck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films

scholarly journals Optomechanical effect in ferroelectric liquid crystal freely suspended films

2003 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 5206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serguei V. Yablonskii ◽  
Kazuyuki Nakano ◽  
Masanori Ozaki ◽  
Mikhail V. Kozlovsky ◽  
Katsumi Yoshino
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films

Ellipsometric monitoring of molecular evolution in freely suspended films of M12/10 ferroelectric liquid crystal

2004 ◽  
Vol 455-456 ◽  
pp. 784-789
Author(s):  
E.G. Bortchagovsky ◽  
A. Deineka ◽  
M. Glogarová ◽  
V. Hamplová ◽  
L. Jastrabı́k ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Molecular Evolution ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films

Direct observation of two-dimensional nematic and smectic ordering in freely suspended films of a bolaamphiphilic liquid crystal

Soft Matter ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. 9978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattaporn Chattham ◽  
Chenhui Zhu ◽  
Xiaohong Cheng ◽  
Jumras Limtrakul ◽  
Carsten Tschierske ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films

Dynamics of freely suspended films with surface tension

1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (19) ◽  
pp. 2143-2152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yatin Marathe ◽  
Sriram Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Freely Suspended ◽  
Freely Suspended Films
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