Based on graduate lectures given by the authors, Smectic and Columnar Liquid Crystals:
Concepts and Physical Properties Illustrated by Experiments examines lamellar (smectic) …

In light of our high-resolution and almost simultaneous measurements of the tilt angle and
polarization in the chiral-smectic-C phase of p-(n-decyloxybenzylidene)-p-amino-(2 …

The observation of a new critical point in liquid-crystal phase transitions is reported. Detailed
tilt-angle, polarization, and susceptibility measurements of a ferroelectric liquid-crystal …

We present the hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic equations for uniaxial nematic
liquid crystals and explain their derivation in detail. To derive hydrodynamic equations …

A thermodynamic model of the ferroelectric SmC* phase, based on an extended Landau
expansion of the free-energy density, is presented. We discuss how the signs of the …

Experimental data on the temperature and electric field dependence of the tilt angle and the
electroclinic effect of the smectic-C*(Sm-C*) and the smectic-A*(Sm-A*) phases are …

Evidence of a first-order smectic-A–smectic-C*(SmA-Sm C*) transition is presented. Detailed
x-ray studies on 4-(3-methyl-2-chloropentanoyloxy) 4'-heptyloxybiphenyl show that the SmA …

The ferroelectric properties in a chiral-racemic system of a liquid crystal with high
spontaneous polarization are investigated by studying the spontaneous polarization in the …

Simultaneous and direct x-ray measurements of the smectic layer spacing, molecular tilt,
and orientational order in the de Vries smectic A (Sm A) and C (Sm C) phases of two …

Herein we investigate an orthoconic anti ferroelectric liquid crystal (OAFLC) material, W1000
and its mixtures with the dispersion of hexanethiol capped silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in …