title: Observation of a soft smectic liquid-crystal phase in a mixture showing V-shaped switching.
abstract: We present the experimental observation of a soft smectic liquid crystal phase in a three-component liquid crystal mixture reported to exhibit V-shaped switching. Unlike the layer compression modulus B of the usual smectic phase, B of the soft smectic phase has a peculiar temperature and frequency dependence. It was found that this characteristic feature is one of the main driving force to realize an ideal V-shaped switching.
authors: Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152, Japan.
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authors: Shibahara
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authors: Yamamoto
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authors: Takanishi
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authors: Ishikawa
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authors: Yokoyama
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authors: Takezoe