Abstract
A tilt of the optic axis linear in transverse electric field was observed in a surface-stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystal. The electroclinic constant was found to exhibit significant pretransitional behavior on approaching the nematic-smectic- transition temperature from above. A simple theoretical discussion involving coupled order parameters is presented.
- Received 28 November 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.796
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