New fluorinated chiral side-chain polymers with very large tilt angles in the smectic C* phase

Autor: Gunnar Anderson, Rudolf Zentel, David S. Hermann, H. Poths, Kent Skarp
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Ferroelectrics. 148:285-295
ISSN: 1563-5112
0015-0193
DOI: 10.1080/00150199308019956
Popis: A fluorinated chiral side-chain polysiloxane with very large tilt angles in the ferroelectric phase was studied. The optical response on an applied square wave could be analyzed in detail by an optical/electrical model for the cell, only assuming book-shelf geometry and negligible dielectric director torques. The model yields molecular tilt angles to a high accuracy by a curve-fitting procedure. Comparisons to other mesogenic substituents were also made, and indications were found that small (monatomic) substituents favor large tilt angles.
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