Crystallization kinetics in the chiral compound showing the vitrification of the smectic C_A* phase for moderate cooling rates

The crystallization of the 3F5FPhF6 compound from liquid crystalline antiferroelectric smectic CA* phase is investigated in various conditions using differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy. kinetics isothermal melt cold studied on basis Avrami model. non-isothermal analysed Ozawa model activation energy determined by Augis-Bennett, Friedman’s isoconversional Matusita methods. border temperature between diffusion-controlled thermodynamically-controlled estimated. high fragility index 105 α-process broadband dielectric spectroscopy. metastable, conformationally disordered crystal phase, forming only via crystallization, reported.