0134338 - FZU-D 20030235 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Novotná, Vladimíra - Glogarová, Milada - Hamplová, Věra - Kašpar, Miroslav - Tsyganenko, Olga
Stabilization of the SmC * phase in mixtures of ferroelectric and non-ferroelectric homologues.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. Roč. 366, - (2001), s. 629-636. ISSN 1058-725X
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA106/00/0580; GA ČR GA202/99/1120
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z1010914
Keywords : ferrelectric liquid crystals * binary mixtures * spontaneous polarization
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 0.457, year: 2001

For a series denoted HO n/** binary mixtures of ferroelectric, FE,(n=10,12) and non-ferroelectric (n=8) homologues are studied. We found a strong soft mode in all studied non-ferroelectric mixtures, which gives evidence of proximity of a hypothetical AmA-SmC * phase transitions.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0032244