Chiral Twisting of a Smectic-A Liquid Crystal

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2000-01-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001202v2

Phys. Rev. E 61 (2000) 3977

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

18 pages, RevTeX, 6 ps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.61.3977

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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