Annotation
A microscopic theory describing smectic phases frustrated between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric states is generalized to the case where an external electric field is present. It is shown that two threshold values of the electric field. The first one corresponds to helix unwinding, while the second corresponds to destruction of the phase with frustrated elementary cells. The obtained theoretical conclusions are compared with the experimental results.
PACS:
61.30.Cz Molecular and microscopic models and theories of liquid crystal structure
64.70.Md Transitions in liquid crystals
64.70.Md Transitions in liquid crystals
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Authors
A.V. Emelyanenko
Department of Physics of Polymers and Crystals, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Department of Physics of Polymers and Crystals, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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