Surface electroclinic effect in chiral smectic-Aliquid crystals
- 15 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (3) , 307-310
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.307
Abstract
The polar interface interaction between a chiral smectic-A liquid crystal and a solid substrate results in an induced ferroelectric polarization and chiral reorientation of the director in the liquid crystal near the surface.Keywords
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