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Article

Publication Date

2-13-1989

Abstract

A tilt of the optic axis linear in transverse electric field was observed in a surface-stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystal. The electroclinic constant ddE was found to exhibit significant pretransitional behavior on approaching the nematic-smectic-A transition temperature from above. A simple theoretical discussion involving coupled order parameters is presented.

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

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©1989 American Physical Society

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