Influence of piezoelectric bilinear and biquadratic coupling in smectic C* phase of ferroelectric liquid crystal

SS Roy, SK Roy, PK Mukherjee

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    Abstract

    A theoretical relation has been developed from the Landau free energy expansion between SmC-SmA phase transition temperature of chiral smectic compound and that of its nonchiral analogue. The bilinear and biquadratic coupling constant and the quadrupolar order parameter have been determined from the extended microscopic model in the chiral smectic-C (Sm-C*) phase of four ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) materials and results have been discussed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3491-3502
    JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics B
    Volume11
    Issue number29
    Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - Nov 1997

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