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Anomalous orientation of ferroelectric liquid crystal films in an electric field

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An anomalous orientation of ferroelectric liquid crystals in an electric field is observed. The tilt planes of the molecules are oriented in a direction parallel to the electric field. The anomalous orientation is observed in freely suspended films above the smectic-C*-smectic-A bulk phase transition temperature. The effect is explained by the appearance of giant flexoelectric polarization, 104 times greater than that in bulk liquid-crystal samples, in the film.

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  1. Institute of Solid-State Physics, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia

    P. O. Andreeva, V. K. Dolganov & K. P. Meletov

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  1. P. O. Andreeva
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 66, No. 6, 414–418 (25 September 1997)

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Andreeva, P.O., Dolganov, V.K. & Meletov, K.P. Anomalous orientation of ferroelectric liquid crystal films in an electric field. Jetp Lett. 66, 442–447 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567535

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