A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase Design, Properties and Chirality Effects
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Sprache:Englisch
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
30.03.2018
Abbildungen
XVII, 75 illus., 56 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Verlag
SpringerSeitenzahl
115
Maße (L/B)
23.5/15.5 cm
Gewicht
220 g
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-319-80091-2
In this thesis Johanna Bruckner reports the discovery of the lyotropic counterpart of the thermotropic SmC* phase, which has become famous as the only spontaneously polarized, ferroelectric fluid in nature. By means of polarizing optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electro-optic experiments she firmly establishes aspects of the structure of the novel lyotropic liquid crystalline phase and elucidates its fascinating properties, among them a pronounced polar electro-optic effect, analogous to the ferroelectric switching of its thermotropic counterpart. The helical ground state of the mesophase raises the fundamental question of how chiral interactions are "communicated" across layers of more or less disordered and achiral solvent molecules which are located between adjacent bi-layers of the chiral amphiphile molecules. This thesis bridges an important gap between thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals and pioneers a new field of liquid crystal research.
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