A smectic C*-smectic A tricritical point in a mixture of two compounds exhibiting high spontaneous polarization

1 January 1989

journal article
phase structures-and-transitions
Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals

Vol. 5 (2) , 489-493
https://doi.org/10.1080/02678298908045398

Abstract

X-ray diffraction, D.S.C. and miscibility studies have been performed on inary mixtures whose constituent compounds exhibit large values of spontaneous polarization. These studies have led to the observation of a tricritical point for the smectic C*-smectic A transition. The origin of this tricritical behaviour is discussed in relation to the range of the smectic A phase and the large spontaneous polarization.

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