Effect of enantiomeric excess on the phase behavior of antiferroelectric liquid crystals

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Effect of enantiomeric excess on the phase behavior of antiferroelectric liquid crystals

LiDong Pan, B. K. McCoy, Shun Wang, Z. Q. Liu, S. T. Wang, R. Pindak, and C. C. Huang

Phys. Rev. E 83, 060701(R) – Published 14 June 2011; Erratum Phys. Rev. E 83, 069906 (2011)

Abstract

Null transmission ellipsometry and resonant x-ray diffraction are employed to study the effect of enantiomeric excess (EE) on the phase behavior of antiferroelectric liquid crystal 10OTBBB1M7. Phase sequence, layer spacing, and pitch of the helical structures of the smectic- $C$ $_{α}^{*}$ and smectic- $C$ $^{*}$ phases are studied as a function of temperature and EE. Upon reducing EE, a liquid-gas-type critical point of the smectic- $C$ $_{α}^{*}$ to smectic- $C$ $^{*}$ transition is observed, as well as the disappearance of the smectic- $C$ $_{d 4}^{*}$ and the smectic- $C$ $_{d 3}^{*}$ phases. Results are analyzed in a mean-field model.

Received 15 March 2011
Publisher error corrected 22 June 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.060701

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22 June 2011

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Publisher’s Note: Effect of enantiomeric excess on the phase behavior of antiferroelectric liquid crystals [Phys. Rev. E 83, 060701(R) (2011)]

LiDong Pan, B. K. McCoy, Shun Wang, Z. Q. Liu, S. T. Wang, R. Pindak, and C. C. Huang

Phys. Rev. E 83, 069906 (2011)

Authors & Affiliations

LiDong Pan¹, B. K. McCoy^1,2, Shun Wang¹, Z. Q. Liu^1,3, S. T. Wang^4,5, R. Pindak⁶, and C. C. Huang¹

¹School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
²Department of Mathematics and Physics, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California 91702, USA
³Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Science, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301, USA
⁴National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
⁵Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
⁶Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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Vol. 83, Iss. 6 — June 2011

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