TILT SUSCEPTIBILITY AT AN ANTIFERROELECTRIC SMECTIC-C-A(ASTERISK)-SMECTIC-A PHASE-TRANSITION

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作者
LI, JF [1 ]
ROSENBLATT, C [1 ]
LI, ZL [1 ]
SUZUKI, YI [1 ]
机构
[1] ROCKWELL INT CORP,CTR SCI,THOUSAND OAKS,CA 91358
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 51卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.51.462
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Electroclinic measurements are reported for a liquid crystal around the antiferroelectric smectic-CA*-"disordered" smectic-A phase transition. It was found that the spatially averaged tilt susceptibility exhibits a slope discontinuity at the transition, and that the extrapolated divergence temperature of the susceptibility is only 1.1±0.1°C below the Néel temperature. The relaxation times were found to be of the order of 1 μs. A simple mean-field model is presented. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:462 / 465
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