Dielectric Properties of HDOBAMBC Close to the Smectic A-Chiral Smectic C (AC*) Transition


YURTSEVEN H. H., Mercan T.

FERROELECTRICS, vol.481, no.1, pp.10-20, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 481 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00150193.2015.1048150
  • Journal Name: FERROELECTRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.10-20
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the dielectric susceptibility chi(g) is recalculated by making the elastic modulus K temperature dependent for the chiral smectic C phase in HDOBAMBC. For this calculation, the experimental data for the spontaneous polarization P-S, tilt angle theta and the helical pitch rho are used from literature close to the AC* transition in HDOBAMBC. The temperature dependences of the wave vector of the helical modulation q, the elastic free energy F and the critical electric field E-C are also calculated by using the temperature dependent elastic modulus K for the chiral smectic C phase close to the AC* transition in this ferroelectric liquid crystal.