Experimental evidence for an achiral orthogonal biaxial smectic phase without in-plane order exhibiting antiferroelectric switching behavior
- 22 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 64 (5) , 051707
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.64.051707
Abstract
We report unambiguous experimental evidence for an achiral orthogonal biaxial smectic-A phase which exhibits antiferroelectric switching behavior. The evidence is based on x-ray-diffraction measurements, texture observation, and the results of dielectric and electro-optical measurements.Keywords
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