Definite existence of subphases with eight- and ten-layer unit cells as studied by complementary methods, electric-field-induced birefringence and microbeam resonant x-ray scattering

Zhengyu Feng, A. D. L. Chandani Perera, Atsuo Fukuda, Jagdish K. Vij, Ken Ishikawa, Atsuo Iida, and Yoichi Takanishi
Phys. Rev. E 96, 012701 – Published 7 July 2017

Abstract

A mixture of two selenium-containing compounds, 80 wt. % AS657 and 20 wt. % AS620, are studied with two complementary methods, electric-field-induced birefringence (EFIB) and microbeam resonant x-ray scattering (μRXS). The mixture shows the typical phase sequence of Sm-CA*1312–Sm-C*–Sm-Cα*–Sm-A, where 13 and 12 are two prototypal ferrielectric and antiferroelectric subphases with three- and four-layer unit cells, respectively. Here we designate the subphase as its qT number defined by the ratio of [F]/([F]+[A]), where [F] and [A] are the numbers of synclinic ferroelectric and anticlinic antiferroelectric orderings in the unit cell, respectively. The electric field vs temperature phase diagram with EFIB contours indicates the emergence of three additional subphases, an antiferroelectric one between Sm-CA* and 13 and antiferroelectric and apparently ferrielectric ones between 13 and 12. The simplest probable qT's for these additional subphases are 14, 25, and 37, respectively, in the order of increasing temperature. The μRXS profiles indicate that antiferroelectric 14 and 25 approximately have the eight-layer (FAAAFAAA) and ten-layer (FAFAAFAFAA) Ising unit cells, respectively. The remaining subphase may be ferrielectric 37 with a seven-layer unit cell, although the evidence is partial. These experimental results are compared with the phenomenological Landau model [P. V. Dolganov and E. I. Kats, Liq. Cryst. Rev. 1, 127 (2014)] and the quasimolecular model [A. V. Emelyanenko and M. A. Osipov, Phys. Rev. E 68, 051703 (2003)].

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  • Received 20 February 2017
  • Revised 30 March 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.012701

©2017 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Zhengyu Feng1,2, A. D. L. Chandani Perera1,3, Atsuo Fukuda1, Jagdish K. Vij1, Ken Ishikawa2, Atsuo Iida4, and Yoichi Takanishi5,*

  • 1Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
  • 2Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
  • 3Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka
  • 4Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
  • 5Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwake, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

  • *ytakanis@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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