Thermodynamic, optical and switching parameters of a ferroelectric liquid crystalline material having SmA*-SmC*-SmBh* phase sequence

Autor: U. B. Singh, Roman Dabrowski, Ashwani Kumar Singh, Amir Iqbal, Ravindra Dhar
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Phase Transitions. 91:811-820
ISSN: 1029-0338
0141-1594
Popis: Thermodynamic and electro-optical characterization of a ferroelectric liquid crystalline material, namely ((S) (+) 4-(1-methylheptyloxy) phenyl 4′-octyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate) possessing paraelectric SmA*, ferroelectric SmC*, hexatic SmBh* and SmI* phases has been carried out. Phase identification has been done by optical and thermodynamic studies. Switching parameters viz. spontaneous polarization, switching time and rotational viscosity have been determined. The spontaneous polarization has been found to increase with decreasing temperature in SmC* phase. The switching time is found of the order of few milliseconds.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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