Unusual thickness-dependent thermal behavior and anticlinic coupling in chiral smectic free-standing liquid-crystal films

C. Y. Chao; C. R. Lo; P. J. Wu; Y. H. Liu; D. R. Link; J. E. Maclennan; N. A. Clark; M. Veum; C. C. Huang; J. T. Ho

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4048

Unusual thickness-dependent thermal behavior and anticlinic coupling in chiral smectic free-standing liquid-crystal films

C. Y. Chao
, C. R. Lo
, P. J. Wu
, Y. H. Liu
, D. R. Link
, J. E. Maclennan
, N. A. Clark
, M. Veum
, C. C. Huang
, J. T. Ho

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Heat-capacity and optical measurements in free-standing films of a chiral smectic liqui-crystal material which exhibits novel fluctuation effects, as well as a remarkable set of N-dependent transitions among different states of tilt organization were carried out. It was found that the profiles of the associated heat-capacity anomalies are strongly thickness dependent and exhibit a novel crossover behavior in reduced dimensions. Further, the anticlinic coupling between tilted surface layers in the smectic-A phase was characterized.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4048-4051
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	86
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4048
State	Published - Apr 30 2001

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