Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2005-11-04
Phys. Rev. E 73, 061702 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
9 pages 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061702
The dielectric response of surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals with chevron layer structure is studied within low and intermediate frequency ranges, characteristic for collective molecular excitations. By analytically solving the dynamic equation for collective molecular fluctuations under a weak alternating electric field, it is demonstrated that chevron cells stabilized by both nonpolar and polar surface interactions undergo at medium frequencies two Debye relaxation processes, connected with two chevron slabs, on opposite sides of the interface plane. This result is confirmed, experimentally, making use of the electro-optic technique. Based on qualitative arguments supported by microscopic observations of zigzag defects at different frequencies and amplitudes of the external electric field, it is shown that, at low frequencies, the electro-optic response of chevron samples is determined by three kinds of motions of zigzag walls. The first two dynamic categories are related to collective relaxation processes at weak fields, within smectic A layers forming zigzag walls, and drift or creep motions of thick walls occuring at stronger field amplitudes. Dynamic processes of the third kind correspond to sliding of zigzag walls, which appear at yet stronger field amplitudes, but below the switching threshold.
Hoffmann Jeff
Jezewski W.
Kuczynski W.
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