title: Electroclinic liquid crystals with large induced tilt angle and small layer contraction
abstract: Optical and x-ray scattering studies of a chiral, organosiloxane smectic-A liquid crystal indicate a large field induced optical tilt of up to 31 degrees accompanied by a very small contraction of the smectic layers. This result suggests that the molecules have a nonzero tilt even with no applied field, and that the primary effect of the field is to induce long range order in the direction of the molecular tilt.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6950, Washington, DC 20375-5348, USA.
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Heiney
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naciri
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Weslowski
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shashidhar