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Bent-core liquid crystal was studied by polarizing microscopy, and electro-optical measurements. This compound forms a sequence of smectic liquid crystalline phases (SmA, SmCSPR, SmCSPF) with growing tilt, polar coherence length and increasing layer coupling on decreasing temperature. The paper is focused on the first observation of a helix in achiral SmCSPF phase. The helix is parallel to the layer normal and the pitch is much shorter than the optical wavelength. This new phase shows fast (approximate to 30s) grey-scale switching due to the deformation of the helix, providing potential use in devices with fast linear and thresholdless electro-optical response.
- 出版日期2016-5-2
