Indication for a flexoelectric mode in nanoconfined ferroelectric liquid crystal

Stanislaw A. Rozanski; Ralf Stannarius; Friedrich Kremer

doi:10.1117/12.472145

27 June 2002 Indication for a flexoelectric mode in nanoconfined ferroelectric liquid crystal

Stanislaw A. Rozanski, Ralf Stannarius, Friedrich Kremer

Proceedings Volume 4759, XIV Conference on Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472145
Event: XIV Conference on Liquid Crystals, Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, 2001, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

A new relaxation process in a nanoconfined ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) with high spontaneous polarization and short helical pitch is presented. In the cylindrical geometry of Anopore membranes, a collective dynamic process in the MHz region appears in the SmC* phase, instead of the phason (Goldstone) bulk relaxation. The relaxation frequency is temperature independent (except near the SmA/SmC* phase transition where an increase is observed). The origin of the process is discussed, the most consistent explanation assumes a relaxation of flexoelectric polarization near the splayed regions at the pore walls.

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Stanislaw A. Rozanski, Ralf Stannarius, and Friedrich Kremer "Indication for a flexoelectric mode in nanoconfined ferroelectric liquid crystal", Proc. SPIE 4759, XIV Conference on Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, (27 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472145

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