Linear Electroclinic Effect in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal
- 13 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 62 (7) , 796-799
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.62.796
Abstract
A tilt of the optic axis linear in transverse electric field was observed in a surface-stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystal. The electroclinic constant was found to exhibit significant pretransitional behavior on approaching the nematic-smectic- transition temperature from above. A simple theoretical discussion involving coupled order parameters is presented.
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