On the Smectic a Smectic C*phase transition in high polarization ferroelectric liquid crystals

Laurent Dupont (1) , Jean-Marc Galvan (1) , Jean-Paul Marcerou (1) , Jacques Prost (1)

1 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal

Recently synthesized compounds present physical characteristics which are rather different from usual ones. The polarization in Smectic C* phase is high (about 200 nC/cm), the response time is in the 10 microsecondes range and, when present, the Sm A - Sm C chiral

Mots clés: Liquid crystals

Domaines: Chimie analytique; Matériaux

Laurent Dupont, Jean-Marc Galvan, Jean-Paul Marcerou, Jacques Prost. On the Smectic a Smectic C*phase transition in high polarization ferroelectric liquid crystals. Ferroelectrics, 1988, 84 (1), pp.317 - 325. ⟨10.1080/00150198808016230⟩. ⟨hal-02283175⟩