Polarization and Viscosity Measurements in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal by the Field Reversal Method
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 114 (1-3) , 283-297
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948408071713
Abstract
With the aim to develop a standard method for measurements of the polarization of ferroelectric chiral smectic C liquid crystalline materials, we have studied thin, well-aligned samples of MBRA-8 using the field-reversal method. The method also provides an estimate for the rotational viscosity and for the response times.Keywords
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