We discuss the macroscopic behavior of smectic CG liquid crystals. Smectic CG is the most general tilted smectic phase that is fluid in the layers. It is characterized by global C1 symmetry. Consequently, it is ferroelectric, pyroelectric and piezoelectric, opening up a number of possible applications for such a phase. As smectic CG-phase has a macroscopic hand due to its structure, it is a natural candidate to explain the recent experimental observations of left and right-handed helices in a system composed of achiral molecules. We also discuss critically to what extent smectic CG could be important for liquid crystalline phases formed by banana-shaped molecules. Phase transitions involving a smectic CG phase and defects of its in-plane d...
Restricted Access.Smectic liquid crystals have a layered arrangement of rod-like organic molecules. ...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
We have studied the molecular orientation by the phase transitions of the chiral smectic liquid crys...
Organic compounds exhibiting the smectic C phase are made of rod-like molecules that have dipolar g...
Organic compounds exhibiting the smectic C phase are made of rod-like molecules that have dipolar gr...
Restricted Access.Smectogenic organic compounds are made of rod-like molecules, which often have dip...
We present the hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic equations for the liquid crystalline smectic ${\...
The hydrodynamic equations describing the macroscopic behaviour of chiral smectic C are presented. T...
Liquid crystals (LCs) are a fascinating class of materials exhibiting a range of phases intermediate...
peer reviewedInterest in the smectic liquid-crystalline state of matter received a substantial boost...
Restricted AccessA vast majority of compounds exhibiting liquid crystalline phases have polar molecu...
In a recent publication, Kishikawa et al. presented data1 on the classic and much-studied achiral ca...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
A molecular field theory of the smectic-A−smectic-C transition has been developed for smectics with ...
THESIS 9213Large electroclinic effect in the smectic-A* phase and stability of smectic-C* variant ph...
Restricted Access.Smectic liquid crystals have a layered arrangement of rod-like organic molecules. ...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
We have studied the molecular orientation by the phase transitions of the chiral smectic liquid crys...
Organic compounds exhibiting the smectic C phase are made of rod-like molecules that have dipolar g...
Organic compounds exhibiting the smectic C phase are made of rod-like molecules that have dipolar gr...
Restricted Access.Smectogenic organic compounds are made of rod-like molecules, which often have dip...
We present the hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic equations for the liquid crystalline smectic ${\...
The hydrodynamic equations describing the macroscopic behaviour of chiral smectic C are presented. T...
Liquid crystals (LCs) are a fascinating class of materials exhibiting a range of phases intermediate...
peer reviewedInterest in the smectic liquid-crystalline state of matter received a substantial boost...
Restricted AccessA vast majority of compounds exhibiting liquid crystalline phases have polar molecu...
In a recent publication, Kishikawa et al. presented data1 on the classic and much-studied achiral ca...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
A molecular field theory of the smectic-A−smectic-C transition has been developed for smectics with ...
THESIS 9213Large electroclinic effect in the smectic-A* phase and stability of smectic-C* variant ph...
Restricted Access.Smectic liquid crystals have a layered arrangement of rod-like organic molecules. ...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
We have studied the molecular orientation by the phase transitions of the chiral smectic liquid crys...