Abstract
High-resolution differential optical reflectivity was used to study the temperature evolution of the short helical pitch in the Sm-C * α phase of successive members from two liquid-crystal homologous series. With the addition of one CH 2 group, the magnitude and temperature evolution of the pitch change dramatically, and the molecular arrangements between consecutive surface layers found in free-standing films change from being anticlinic to synclmic.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 030701 |
| Pages (from-to) | 030701/1-030701/4 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Mar 1 2002 |