Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1816018 Physica B: Condensed Matter 2007 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Structural (helical pitch), electro-optical (tilt angle, spontaneous polarization and response time) and dielectric (Goldstone mode) characterizations have been performed on two pure ferroelectric liquid crystals of a biphenyl alkyloxy benzoate series and they show the N*-SmA*-SmC* phase sequence. The different results are discussed: the helical pitch, the spontaneous polarization and the rotational viscosity which is determined as a function of temperature by two methods using electro-optical or dielectric measurements. An Arrhenius behaviour of the rotational viscosity is found for the two compounds. The corresponding activation energies are determined.
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