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A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase

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In this thesis a lyotropic analog of the thermotropic chiral smectic C (SmC*) phase is presented for the first time. So far, only very scarce examples of the achiral variant of this phase have been known in lyotropic liquid crystals and no comprehensive studies have been performed on them.

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Notes

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    The term ‘texture’ is described in detail in Sect. 4.3.

  2. 2.

    Actually, there are two higher ordered smectic phases, namely SmF* and SmI*, which are also ferroelectric. These phases, however, are significantly more viscous and thus do not attract the same amount of scientific attention.

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Bruckner, J.R. (2016). Introduction. In: A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27203-0_1

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