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Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics
; 61(4 Pt A): 3977-83, 2000 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11088179
ABSTRACT
Chiral twisting of the molecular orientation within the layer of a smectic-A liquid crystal has been investigated using circular dichroism spectroscopy. The results indicate that a rotation of the layers away from the alignment direction is induced by the surface electroclinic effect. This leads to an interfacial region where the molecular director twists from the alignment direction until it reaches the layer normal direction. A theory is presented to explain the observed field and temperature dependence of the circular dichroism.
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