We investigate the question as to whether there can exist some liquid crystal phases exhibiting dipole ordering. A simple argument based on a mean-field calculation of the dipole-dipole energy alone is presented first to advance the following hypothesis : only in smectic C phases can a certain dipole ordering appear. We then apply Landau theory to study the second-order phase transitions from the A to the C phase. For each symmetry of the A phase we find the allowed molecular orderings and corresponding symmetries in the C phase below Tc. We also find the dipole orderings allowed in each case considered. We show that a second-order transition to a bulk ferroelectric smectic C phase is not possible, but it is permitted to a smectic C phase w...
In this work we present a proton NMR comparative study of the molecular order in the smectic C2 ($\m...
Antiferro- and ferro-electric ordering has been discovered in orthogonal smectic phases composed of ...
Interlayer interaction in the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric smectic phases is developed taking...
The possibility of the smectic A to C phase transition is discussed, using a model based on the dipo...
The influence of molecular biaxiality on the ferroelectric properties of smectics C$^*$ is considere...
The properties of the layered, or smectic, liquid crystals are explained in terms of progressive fre...
The qualitative microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in smectic C* liquid crystals origin...
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an intermediate ...
General microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in chiral smectic-C* liquid crystals is cons...
There are chiral smectic materials which show intermediate phases between. ferroelectric Smectic(Sm)...
Restricted AccessA vast majority of compounds exhibiting liquid crystalline phases have polar molecu...
We develop a molecular-statistical theory of the smectic-A–smectic-C transition which is described a...
A molecular statistical theory of the smectic A phase is developed taking into account specific inte...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
Recently, it was discovered that a-chiral smectic layers can undergo a phase transition into a polar...
In this work we present a proton NMR comparative study of the molecular order in the smectic C2 ($\m...
Antiferro- and ferro-electric ordering has been discovered in orthogonal smectic phases composed of ...
Interlayer interaction in the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric smectic phases is developed taking...
The possibility of the smectic A to C phase transition is discussed, using a model based on the dipo...
The influence of molecular biaxiality on the ferroelectric properties of smectics C$^*$ is considere...
The properties of the layered, or smectic, liquid crystals are explained in terms of progressive fre...
The qualitative microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in smectic C* liquid crystals origin...
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an intermediate ...
General microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric ordering in chiral smectic-C* liquid crystals is cons...
There are chiral smectic materials which show intermediate phases between. ferroelectric Smectic(Sm)...
Restricted AccessA vast majority of compounds exhibiting liquid crystalline phases have polar molecu...
We develop a molecular-statistical theory of the smectic-A–smectic-C transition which is described a...
A molecular statistical theory of the smectic A phase is developed taking into account specific inte...
Liquid crystals constitute a form of soft matter possessing lower symmetry than isotropic liquids bu...
Recently, it was discovered that a-chiral smectic layers can undergo a phase transition into a polar...
In this work we present a proton NMR comparative study of the molecular order in the smectic C2 ($\m...
Antiferro- and ferro-electric ordering has been discovered in orthogonal smectic phases composed of ...
Interlayer interaction in the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric smectic phases is developed taking...