A First-Order Transition of the Smectic A-Smectic C* in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

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2012-01-01

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Kilit, E.
Yurtseven, Hasan Hamit

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The static dielectric constant is calculated as a function of temperature using a mean field model close to the smectic A-smectic C* transition for the ferroelectric liquid crystal 4-(3-methyl-2-chlorobutanoyloxy)-4'-heptyloxybiphenyl (A7). This calculation of the dielectric constant is performed for the pure optically active compound (T-c = 73.4 degrees C) and the temperature range is determined for a first-order smectic A-smectic C* transition from the mean field model. Our predicted values describe adequately the observed behaviour of the dielectric constant close to the smectic A-smectic C* transition and also the temperature range in the smectic A phase of A7.

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Dielectric constant, AC* transition, A7

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47165

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FERROELECTRICS

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2012.675830

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E. Kilit and H. H. Yurtseven, “A First-Order Transition of the Smectic A-Smectic C* in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals,” FERROELECTRICS, pp. 137–142, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47165.