Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.367, 3199-3206, 2001
Anticlinic surfaces in freely suspended smectic films stabilized by electrostatic interactions
Electrostatic dipolar interactions between transversal polarizations of the finite and parallel surface smectic layers are shown to stabilize the anticlinic smectic-C surfaces in freely suspended smectic films formed from (anti) ferroelectric liquid crystals.
Keywords:antiferroelectric liquid crystals;freely suspended films;dipolar electrostatic interactions