Using X-ray reflectivity smectic layering is investigated on both sides of a classical monolayer smectic-A to nematic phase transition in a polar NCS substituted compound. At the surface, only monolayering is observed ; there is no breaking of up-down symmetry. This contrasts with the situation of a smectic-A1 phase in a polar CN substituted compound, where bilayering occurs at the surface. Consequences for molecular models of smectic-A phases are discussed.On étudie la stratification en couches d'un cristal liquide polaire NCS lorsqu'il passe d'une phase nématique à une structure smectique A classique en monocouches ; la méthode utilisée est l'étude de la surface du matériau par mesure de la réflectivité des rayons X. On observe la formati...
The model introduced by Prost to describe polar liquid crystals with competition between two differe...
The smectic A phase is characterized by a layered arrangement of rod-like molecules, with the averag...
With the help of the synchrotron radiation facility LURE, we have studied the following mesogenic ph...
Smectic layering at the surface and smectic fluctuations in the bulk can be studied simultaneously b...
The X-ray reflectivity form the surface of a liquid crystal with terminally polar (cyano substituted...
We study the structures of free-surface-wetting layers above the isotropic to smectic-A transition o...
We report x-ray reflectivity measurements on the free surface of dodecylcyanobiphenyl (12CB) at the ...
We have used x-ray specular reflection to study the structure of the air–liquid-crystal interface of...
The smectic A1 ↔ A2 phase transition of a one-component liquid crystalline system was studied with X...
We report the results of a synchrotron x-ray reflectivity study of bulk liquid-crystal surfaces that...
We report on a combined x-ray reflectivity and optical ellipsometry study of freely suspended smecti...
We present an ellipsometric study of the free surface of the isotropic phase of a liquid-crystal com...
This memory presents three structural studies of smectic Liquid Crystals by reflectivity and resonan...
We present X-ray diffraction measurements of lamellar ordering for a new class of mesogens — polyphi...
The investigation of the structure and conditions for the existence of one-dimensional and two-dimen...
The model introduced by Prost to describe polar liquid crystals with competition between two differe...
The smectic A phase is characterized by a layered arrangement of rod-like molecules, with the averag...
With the help of the synchrotron radiation facility LURE, we have studied the following mesogenic ph...
Smectic layering at the surface and smectic fluctuations in the bulk can be studied simultaneously b...
The X-ray reflectivity form the surface of a liquid crystal with terminally polar (cyano substituted...
We study the structures of free-surface-wetting layers above the isotropic to smectic-A transition o...
We report x-ray reflectivity measurements on the free surface of dodecylcyanobiphenyl (12CB) at the ...
We have used x-ray specular reflection to study the structure of the air–liquid-crystal interface of...
The smectic A1 ↔ A2 phase transition of a one-component liquid crystalline system was studied with X...
We report the results of a synchrotron x-ray reflectivity study of bulk liquid-crystal surfaces that...
We report on a combined x-ray reflectivity and optical ellipsometry study of freely suspended smecti...
We present an ellipsometric study of the free surface of the isotropic phase of a liquid-crystal com...
This memory presents three structural studies of smectic Liquid Crystals by reflectivity and resonan...
We present X-ray diffraction measurements of lamellar ordering for a new class of mesogens — polyphi...
The investigation of the structure and conditions for the existence of one-dimensional and two-dimen...
The model introduced by Prost to describe polar liquid crystals with competition between two differe...
The smectic A phase is characterized by a layered arrangement of rod-like molecules, with the averag...
With the help of the synchrotron radiation facility LURE, we have studied the following mesogenic ph...