Electroclinic effect above the smectic-A–smectic-transition
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 38 (3), 1653-1655
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.38.1653
Abstract
The critical behavior of the electroclinic effect above the transition from the smectic-A to the chiral smectic- phase has been studied using the experimental geometry of a surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid-crystal cell. The value of the tilt susceptibility exponent γ is found to be 1.04±0.05, consistent with the mean-field description of this transition.
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