title: Surface structures and transitions in the smectic-C* phase of one chiral liquid crystal compound.
abstract: Three optical probes have been employed on free-standing films to study surface structure and transitions of the SmC* phase of one liquid crystal compound. While the interior layers show the SmC* structure, the tilt in adjacent surface layers is found to be anticlinic. The number of anticlinic surface layers grows rapidly as the transition to the SmC*(FI2) phase is approached.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cady
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goodby
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang