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

Smectic C to smectic A transition induced mechanically by the rupture of freely suspended liquid crystal films

Soft Matter ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 3199-3204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten Trittel ◽  
Kirsten Harth ◽  
Ralf Stannarius
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystal Films ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Smectic C ◽  
Crystal Films ◽  
Freely Suspended

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.

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

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
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