https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2011110084
Electric field induced phase transition in a ferroelectric smectic-C* liquid crystal
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Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Molle Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2092 El Manar Tunis, Tunisia
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Centre de Recherches Paul Pascal 115, Av. Albert-Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac France
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e-mail: tawfik_sol@yahoo.fr
Received:
24
February
2011
Revised:
4
May
2011
Accepted:
11
May
2011
Published online:
21
July
2011
We have experimentally investigated the unwinding process of the ferroelectric Sm-C* phase of a chiral AFLC smectic liquid crystal compound 12OF1M7 using the electro-optic properties, microscopic observations and constant current method. We found that this process occurs via two steps through an intermediate phase. Furthermore, we have established the (E-T) phase diagram of the studied compound by combining the experimental results.
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