%0 Journal Article
%T Discontinuous change in smectic layer thickness in ferrielectric liquid crystals
%+ Laboratoire des colloïdes, verres et nanomatériaux (LCVN)
%+ Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA)
%A Panov, V.P.
%A Vij, J.K.
%A Panarin, Yu.P.
%A Blanc, Christophe
%A Lorman, Vladimir
%A Goodby, J.W.
%Z 4 pp.
%< avec comité de lecture
%Z 06-121
%@ 1539-3755
%J Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
%I American Physical Society
%V 75
%N 4
%P 042701
%8 2007-04-09
%D 2007
%R 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.042701
%K antiferroelectricity
%K liquid films
%K smectic liquid crystals
%K liquid crystal phase transformations
%K ferroelectric transitions
%K ferroelectric thin films
%Z PACS: 64.70.Md; 61.30.Cz; 61.30.Eb; 77.80.-e
%Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biophysics
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft]Journal articles
%X The temperature dependence of the thickness of thick free-standing films is studied using a high-resolution film thickness measurement technique. A small discontinuity in the temperature dependence of the smectic layer thickness at every phase transition between ferro-, ferri-, and antiferroelectric phases is observed. We show that the major contribution to it arises from a change in the smectic tilt angle.
%G English
%L hal-00378244
%U https://hal.science/hal-00378244
%~ IN2P3
%~ LPTA
%~ CNRS
%~ UNIV-MONTP2
%~ LCVN
%~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER
%~ UM1-UM2