Field-induced transformations in the biaxial order of non-tilted phases in a bent-core smectic liquid crystal

Y. P. Panarin; Mamatha Nagaraj; J. K. Vij; C. Keith; C. Tschierske

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/92/26002

Field-induced transformations in the biaxial order of non-tilted phases in a bent-core smectic liquid crystal

Y. P. Panarin, Mamatha Nagaraj, J. K. Vij, C. Keith, C. Tschierske

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The structural and electro-optic investigations of an achiral bent-core molecule in SmAPa phase, in which the polar directors in the neighboring layers are arranged antiferroelectrically, show that it undergoes transformation from one biaxial to another biaxial structure via a quasi-stable uniaxial structure on the application of the electric field. The noncontinuous change in biaxiality is explained by an intermediate state in which the secondary directors in the neighboring layers are perpendicular to each other. Copyright © EPLA, 2010.

Original language	English
Article number	26002
Journal	EPL
Volume	92
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/92/26002
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010

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