Abstract
The molecular arrangement of tilted surface layers on freestanding films above the bulk smectic-[Formula presented]–smectic-[Formula presented] transition has been studied by null transmission ellipsometry. In the presence of an applied in-plane electric field, a synclinic-anticlinic-synclinic-anticlinic double reentrance has been observed. Furthermore, we have characterized a novel transition from the synclinic arrangement to a structure in which the interior layers tilt in the same orientation and the outermost surface layers tilt oppositely with the interior layers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 22 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Solid State Chemistry Program under Grant No. DMR-0106122. A. C. acknowledges financial support from the Stanwood Johnston Memorial Foundation at the University of Minnesota.
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