Articles with "ferroelectric smectic" as a keyword



Ferroelectric Smectic C Liquid Crystal Phase with Spontaneous Polarization in the Direction of the Director

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Published in 2024 at "Advanced Science"

DOI: 10.1002/advs.202409827

Abstract: In the previous study, the existence of an unidentified ferroelectric smectic phase is demonstrated in the low‐temperature region of the ferroelectric smectic A phase, where the layer spacing decreases with decreasing temperature. In the present… read more here.

Keywords: polarization direction; ferroelectric smectic; phase spontaneous; phase ... See more keywords

Observation of a uniaxial ferroelectric smectic A phase

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Published in 2022 at "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210062119

Abstract: Significance Liquid crystal science grows in richness and applicability with each new phase that is found or created. The recent discovery of the ferroelectric nematic was both thrilling and unexpected, since it appeared in new… read more here.

Keywords: observation uniaxial; ferroelectric nematic; smectic phase; phase ... See more keywords