Novel type of antiferroelectricity in the hexatic smectic I A* phase
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 5 (12) , 2221-2223
- https://doi.org/10.1039/jm9950502221
Abstract
In the binary system of MHPOBC and another antiferroelectric liquid crystal, we have confirmed that not only the antiferroelectric smectic IA*(SIA*) phase but also the ferroelectric smectic I*(SI*) phase sometimes emerges below the antiferroelectric smectic CA* phase, and that even the phase transition from SIA* to SI* may occur on cooling. The results have been discussed in connection with the origin of SIA* antiferroelectricity, i.e. a group of transverse dipoles interacting with one another between adjacent layers.Keywords
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