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Electro‐Optic Response in a Racemic Smectic C Liquid Crystal
Author(s) -
Cowling S. J.,
Hall A. W.,
Goodby J. W.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200401262
Subject(s) - materials science , liquid crystal , ferroelectricity , phase (matter) , crystallography , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , chemistry , dielectric
The structure and properties of chiral and racemic smectic liquid crystals are presented. Remarkably, an electrical‐field response of a racemic modification in its tilted smectic C phase is discovered. The switching behavior is similar to that observed for conventional, chiral, ferroelectric liquid crystals. The Figure shows unidirectional switched states in a racemic material.