PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CHIRAL SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

There are chiral smectic materials which show intermediate phases between. ferroelectric Smectic(Sm)-C' " and antiferroelectric Sm-CAphase. The appearing phases, which depend on materials, follow the order of phases: Sm-C' " H AF H FIH H Sm-C ~ H FIL H Sm-CA, from higher temperature to lower temperature[I,2]