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Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics
; 62(4 Pt A): R4524-7, 2000 Oct.
Artículo
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| ID: mdl-11089074
RESUMEN
We report unambiguous evidence for ferroelectricity in a chiral bent-core liquid crystal. This evidence includes (i) a single current peak in the polarization reversal current, (ii) a strong dielectric response that is suppressed by applying a bias electric field, and (iii) strong optical second-harmonic generation in the absence of electric field even at normal incidence. We propose a phase structure that is anticlinic in tilt and ferroelectric in polar order, i.e., smectic-C(A)P(*)(F).