Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.301, 195-201, 1997
Influence of Dopant Structure on the Ability of Enhancing S-C Phase
Seven two ring chiral benzoates with different terminal substituents being isotropic liquids or low temperature monotropic compounds were tested as dopants inducing ferroelectricity in non-chiral S-c mixtures composed from esters. It was found that some of them strongly enhance the stability of smectic C in four component ester mixture up to the concentration of 30 wt.%. The spontaneous polarization Ps, the tilt angle theta, and both parts of complex dielectric permitivity of the doped mixtures upon dopant concentration and temperature were investigated.