[HTML][HTML] Domain reorientation due to smectic layer instability in high tilt angle-based surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cell

N Yadav, S Kumar, A Choudhary, AK Thakur… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
High tilt angle (45⁠) ferroelectric liquid crystal (⁠ FLC⁠) in surface stabilized geometry,
having no chiral smectic A (⁠ S m A∗⁠) phase, has been studied for the reorientation of the …

Weak anchoring effects in smectic-A Fréedericksz transitions

G Napoli, R De Pascalis - Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und …, 2019 - Springer
In smectic-A (SmA) liquid crystals, rod-like molecules are organized into layers with their
optical axis oriented along the normal to these layers. When subject to an external field and …