Static and Dynamic Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals in the Vicinity of a First-Order SmA-SmC* Phase Transition
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چکیده
A unified theoretical description of static and dynamic properties of ferroelectric l iquid crystals in terms of a Landau free energy is presented. The shear deformation tensor is used as principal order parameter. Results for the stationary case for t i l t angle variat ion and dielectric properties are compared with experiments on a compound wi th a pronounced first-order S m A S m C * phase transition for various strengths of the applied electric field.
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