title: Optical and resonant X-ray diffraction studies confirm a SmC*FI2-SmC* liquid crystal phase sequence reversal.
abstract: Employing both null transmission ellipsometry and resonant x-ray diffraction, we confirmed the SmC*FI2-SmC* phase sequence reversal in one liquid crystal compound and specially prepared binary mixtures. This phase sequence reversal was predicted by two recent theoretical advances. Moreover, the temperature range for the SmC*FI2 phase increases significantly in the mixture suggesting that such a phase sequence may exist in other compounds.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pindak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Caliebe
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang