From observation by microscope of DOBAMBC and mixtures of smectic C and cholesteric, a structure of Sm C* in planar samples has been determined as depending on the sample thickness d. In all samples there are unwound layers at the sample surfaces with dipole-moments directed from the surface to the sample bulk. In thick samples the regular helicoidal structure occurring in the sample bulk is connected to the unwound surface layers by means of ± 2 π disinclination lines, the upper and lower lines being shifted by half a helical step p. In thin samples (d ~ p) the helical structure is unwound by surface anchoring but there is a twist along the sample thickness. The unwinding process of thick samples in electric field proceeds in two steps : u...
International audienceThe helicoidal structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal phase can be untwis...
The structure of a hybrid aligned cholesteric liquid crystal sample is investigated both experimenta...
High resolution measurements of the temperature dependence of the optical rotatory power ρ (T) in th...
The texture of ferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystal confined between two aligning plates is s...
Three types of structures which can exist in planar Sm C* samples, depending on sample thickness, ar...
The behaviour of planar samples of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal under DC electric field has b...
This dissertation focuses on liquid crystals (LCs), specifically their chiral properties and interac...
Focal domains in the lamellar Sm C and Sm C* phases are always attended by singular lines (of the di...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Cette thèse se concentre sur les cristaux liquides (CLs), leurs propriétés chirales et leurs interac...
Nous avons déterminé sur des échantillons monodomaines orientés par un champ électrique, par une mét...
We show that the helical superstructure in chiral smectic-C-type liquid crystal phases can, if the p...
Investigations of 4-[(S, S)-2, 3 epoxyhexyloxy]-phenyl-4-(decyloxy)-benzoate by polarizing microscop...
International audienceIn 1968, P.G. de Gennes and R.B. Meyer independently predicted that a choleste...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
International audienceThe helicoidal structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal phase can be untwis...
The structure of a hybrid aligned cholesteric liquid crystal sample is investigated both experimenta...
High resolution measurements of the temperature dependence of the optical rotatory power ρ (T) in th...
The texture of ferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystal confined between two aligning plates is s...
Three types of structures which can exist in planar Sm C* samples, depending on sample thickness, ar...
The behaviour of planar samples of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal under DC electric field has b...
This dissertation focuses on liquid crystals (LCs), specifically their chiral properties and interac...
Focal domains in the lamellar Sm C and Sm C* phases are always attended by singular lines (of the di...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Cette thèse se concentre sur les cristaux liquides (CLs), leurs propriétés chirales et leurs interac...
Nous avons déterminé sur des échantillons monodomaines orientés par un champ électrique, par une mét...
We show that the helical superstructure in chiral smectic-C-type liquid crystal phases can, if the p...
Investigations of 4-[(S, S)-2, 3 epoxyhexyloxy]-phenyl-4-(decyloxy)-benzoate by polarizing microscop...
International audienceIn 1968, P.G. de Gennes and R.B. Meyer independently predicted that a choleste...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
International audienceThe helicoidal structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal phase can be untwis...
The structure of a hybrid aligned cholesteric liquid crystal sample is investigated both experimenta...
High resolution measurements of the temperature dependence of the optical rotatory power ρ (T) in th...