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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt A
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
Ellipsometric measurements of freely suspended films of a chiral liquid-crystal compound possessing the phase sequence smectic-A-smectic-C(*)(alpha)-smectic-C* have been conducted in order to elucidate the structure of the smectic-C(*)(alpha) phase. The measured ellipsometric quantities Delta and Psi are compared with values, which were calculated for model films using the 4x4 matrix method. Our results confirm, for the compound under investigation, predictions of a phenomenological model [M. Cepic and B. Zeks, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 263, 61 (1995)] according to which the smectic-C(*)(alpha) phase is characterized by a short-pitch helical structure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1063-651X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6816-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-3
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure of the chiral smectic-C(*)(alpha) phase.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Physical Chemistry, University Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article