Rotational viscosity in ferroelectric liquid crystal dobambc determined by dielectric method

Abstract
Spontaneous polarization, tilt, pitch of the helix, and low frequency dielectric dispersion were measured as functions of temperature in the smectic C* phase of the DOBAMBC. It is shown that measured thermodynamic quantities satisfy simple relations, predicted by a phenomenological model for ferroelectric liquid crystals. These relations allow the evaluation of the rotational viscosity, which temperature dependence is of Arrhenius type with an activation energy of 0.51 eV.