Phenomenological model for antiferroelectric liquid crystals: phase sequences

Bostjan Zeks; Mojca Cepic

doi:10.1117/12.299998

1 February 1998 Phenomenological model for antiferroelectric liquid crystals: phase sequences

Bostjan Zeks, Mojca Cepic

Proceedings Volume 3318, Liquid Crystals: Physics, Technology, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.299998
Event: Liquid Crystals, 1997, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

The discrete phenomenological model of antiferroelectric liquid crystals is reviewed that takes into account interlayer interactions up to next nearest neighboring layers. Possible predicted tilted phases are presented and compared with experimentally observed phases: the ferroelectric SmC* phase, the antiferroelectric SmC_A* phase, the ferrielectric SmC_(gamma )* phase and the short pitch SmC_(alpha )* phase. It is also shown that various observed sequences of phases in dependence of temperature can be obtained by properly choosing the model parameters.

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Bostjan Zeks and Mojca Cepic "Phenomenological model for antiferroelectric liquid crystals: phase sequences", Proc. SPIE 3318, Liquid Crystals: Physics, Technology, and Applications, (1 February 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.299998

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