On the Origin of the "Giant" Electroclinic Effect in a "De Vries"-Type Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Material for Chirality Sensing Applications
W415 is a chiral smectic compound with a remarkably weak temperature dependence of its giant electroclinic effect in the liquid crystalline smectic A* phase. Furthermore it possesses a high spontaneous polarization in the smectic C* phase. The origin of this striking electroclinic effect is the co-occurrence of a de Vries-type ordering with a weak first-order tilting transition (see the synchroton X-ray scattering profiles).
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - OFFICE OF SCIENCE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1020087
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--95935-2011-JA
- Journal Information:
- ChemPhysChem, Journal Name: ChemPhysChem Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 10; ISSN CPCHFT; ISSN 1439-4235
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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