Abstract
We present ellipsometric results from thin free-standing films of one chiral liquid crystal compound. In the bulk range with surface-induced molecular tilt, a nonplanar arrangement of the molecular orientations of the tilted surface layers is found under a small applied electric field.
- Received 19 July 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.040701
©2002 American Physical Society