We present a generalization of Meyer's theory of the trilinear coupling between the smectic layers, the tilt angle of the optical axis with respect to the layer normal and the electric polarization which accounts for the spontaneous ferroelectricity in smectic C* liquid crystals. This coupling allows for the description of the electroclinic effect, i.e. the appearance of a polarization and a tilt angle induced by an external electric field in smectic C*, smectic A and N* (cholesteric) phases. A new “ferrocholesteric” phase is expected between C* and N* phases when the local order is smectic C*-like with a small but non-zero polarization. Eventually, a comparison is made with experimental data available in N* phase. Nous présentons une génér...
We report a study of the electroclinic coupling (soft mode), close to the smectic A to smectic C$^\s...
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an intermediate ...
In chiral smectic A liquid crystals, an applied electric field induces a tilt of the optic axis from...
We present a generalization of Meyer's theory of the trilinear coupling between the smectic layers, ...
A molecular theory of the ferroelectric smectic C* phase has been developed using the simple model o...
The influence of molecular biaxiality on the ferroelectric properties of smectics C$^*$ is considere...
The electroclinic effect in the smectic A phase of 4-(3-methyl-2-chlorobutanoyloxy)-4'-heptyloxybiph...
The qualitative microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in smectic C* liquid crystals origin...
A general phenomenological description and a simple molecular model is proposed for the 'discrete' f...
General microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in chiral smectic-C* liquid crystals is cons...
Chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibit a series of phases, including ferroelectric, antiferroelectri...
We describe the design and synthesis of a ferroelectric liquid crystal composed of racemic molecules...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
The fundamental theoretical approach derived in A.V. Emelyanenko et al., Phys. Rev. E 74, 011705 (20...
We report a study of the electroclinic coupling (soft mode), close to the smectic A to smectic C$^\s...
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an intermediate ...
In chiral smectic A liquid crystals, an applied electric field induces a tilt of the optic axis from...
We present a generalization of Meyer's theory of the trilinear coupling between the smectic layers, ...
A molecular theory of the ferroelectric smectic C* phase has been developed using the simple model o...
The influence of molecular biaxiality on the ferroelectric properties of smectics C$^*$ is considere...
The electroclinic effect in the smectic A phase of 4-(3-methyl-2-chlorobutanoyloxy)-4'-heptyloxybiph...
The qualitative microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in smectic C* liquid crystals origin...
A general phenomenological description and a simple molecular model is proposed for the 'discrete' f...
General microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in chiral smectic-C* liquid crystals is cons...
Chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibit a series of phases, including ferroelectric, antiferroelectri...
We describe the design and synthesis of a ferroelectric liquid crystal composed of racemic molecules...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
The fundamental theoretical approach derived in A.V. Emelyanenko et al., Phys. Rev. E 74, 011705 (20...
We report a study of the electroclinic coupling (soft mode), close to the smectic A to smectic C$^\s...
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an intermediate ...
In chiral smectic A liquid crystals, an applied electric field induces a tilt of the optic axis from...