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A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase
Johanna. R Bruckner
其他書名
Design, Properties and Chirality Effects
出版
Springer
, 2015-12-22
主題
Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical
Science / Mechanics / Fluids
Science / Chemistry / Analytic
Science / Physics / Crystallography
Science / Physics / General
Science / Physics / Condensed Matter
ISBN
3319272039
9783319272030
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=31BECwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In this thesis Johanna Bruckner reports the discovery of the lyotropic counterpart of the thermotropic SmC* phase, which has become famous as the only spontaneously polarized, ferroelectric fluid in nature. By means of polarizing optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electro-optic experiments she firmly establishes aspects of the structure of the novel lyotropic liquid crystalline phase and elucidates its fascinating properties, among them a pronounced polar electro-optic effect, analogous to the ferroelectric switching of its thermotropic counterpart. The helical ground state of the mesophase raises the fundamental question of how chiral interactions are "communicated" across layers of more or less disordered and achiral solvent molecules which are located between adjacent bi-layers of the chiral amphiphile molecules. This thesis bridges an important gap between thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals and pioneers a new field of liquid crystal research.