Influence of the electric field on the quasibookshelf stripe deformation in an electroclinic liquid crystal

G. P. Crawford; R. E. Geer; J. Naciri; R. Shashidhar; B. R. Ratna

doi:10.1063/1.112540

Influence of the electric field on the quasibookshelf stripe deformation in an electroclinic liquid crystal

G. P. Crawford
, R. E. Geer
, J. Naciri
, R. Shashidhar
, B. R. Ratna

Nanoscale Science and Engineering

University at Albany

Naval Research Laboratory

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A quantitative study of the effect of electric field on the stripe domains formed by layer deformation in chiral smectic A liquid crystals is presented. X-ray diffraction studies reveal that the angle between the layer normals in adjacent stripe domains increases with increasing electric field. A simple model is presented to derive the true molecular tilt angle from optical transmission measurements. The relationship between the optical tilt angle and the tilt angle evaluated from x-ray measurements of the smectic layer thickness indicates that the molecules are tilting as rigid rods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2937-2939
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	65
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.112540
State	Published - 1994

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