Surface electroclinic effect on the layer structure of a ferroelectric liquid crystal
- 9 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 68 (10) , 1547-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.1547
Abstract
Optical second-harmonic generation and ellipsometry were used to study molecular alignment in an interfacial region and the deviation of the layer normal from the surface-rubbing axis in the smectic-A phase of a ferroelectric liquid crystal. The results can be well explained by the surface electroclinic effect.Keywords
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