Study of the nematic electroclinic effect in mixtures
作者:
J. Zubia,
J. Etxebarria,
M.A.Perez Jubindo,
期刊:
Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 6
页码: 941-954
ISSN:0267-8292
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1080/02678299408027865
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The temperature dependence of the nematic electroclinic effect has been studied in binary mixtures prepared from two chiral compounds with nematic-smectic A-smectic C and nematic-smectic C phase sequences. The data obtained show a substantial difference in the magnitude of the effect, not only with the type of phase sequence, but also with the temperature range of the subsequent smectic A phase. These results suggest that short-range smectic fluctuations can play an important role in the nematic electroclinic effect at least when a smectic C phase is close to the nematic. In addition, the dynamic behaviour of the electroclinic effect has been investigated in the compound with the nematic-smectic A transition. As in previous work, an anomaly in the electroclinic response time has been found around the nematic-smectic A transition. This fact is analysed qualitatively assuming two different mechanisms contributing to the electroclinic effect.
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