Molecular theory of the spontaneous polarization in the chiral smectic-Cphase
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 40 (7) , 4019-4021
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.40.4019
Abstract
It is shown that the specific configuration of a chiral molecule gives rise to a spontaneous polarization in the smectic-C phase due to the molecular interaction in terms of the electrostatic quadrupole moments that produces the tilt of the director in the smectic-C phase.Keywords
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