Phase diagrams of Smectic A-Smectic~C^* Transitions in Magnetic and Electric Fields

Authors

Sumru BELLİCİ
Hamit YURTSEVEN
Selami SALİHOĞLU

Abstract

Starting from a Landau free energy density expanded in terms of spontaneous polarization and the tilt angle, we have obtained the phase diagrams of smectic A-smectic C* transition in ferroelectric liquid crystals under the applied magnetic and electric fields. Our calculated phase diagrams are compared with those obtained experimentally.

DOI

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First Page

182

Last Page

182

Recommended Citation

BELLİCİ, Sumru; YURTSEVEN, Hamit; and SALİHOĞLU, Selami (1997) "Phase diagrams of Smectic A-Smectic~C^* Transitions in Magnetic and Electric Fields," Turkish Journal of Physics: Vol. 21: No. 1, Article 49. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/physics/vol21/iss1/49