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Effect of chirality in polar smectic liquid crystals
ID Jukić, Dina (Author), ID Čepič, Mojca (Mentor) More about this mentor... This link opens in a new window

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Abstract
In this contribution, a detail analysis of structures and dynamical properties of chiral polar ferroelectric and achiral polar antiferrroelectric systems is presented. The analysis of relaxation modes in the ferroelectric SmC* phase has shown a non-linear temperature dependence of tilt and polar modes. Both type of modes change nature from tilt to polar and vice versa indicating that regularly used relation between the frequency and the amplitude of a relaxation mode in dielectric measurements is not correct. The analysis of the ferroelectric smectic system behaviour in weak alternating electric field lead to a theoretical prediction of modes polarity and their dependence on temperature. The analysis of theoretical models of pure and chirally doped antiferroelectric B2 subphases in bent-core systems confirmed that the chiral dopant induces tilt in the non-tilted phase and modifies tilts in the tilted phases, as was predicted by the chiroclinic effect. It was found that the dopant influences the stability ranges and the order of the transition between the chiral phases as well. The order of the phase transition changes from a continuous for weak effects of chiral doping to discontinuous for strong effects. Also, in this doped system the two phases with equal symmetries exist, which continuously transform one to another upon temperature changes. The analysis of dynamical properties allowed for development of the criterion which determines the temperature ranges of the two phases. The complete phase diagram of the doped system and theoretical predictions for potential experimental verification are the result of this work. The methods that lead to these findings, which could be used for the analysis of other similar soft matter systems, are presented in the contribution, as well.

Language:English
Keywords:(anti)ferroelectric phases, bent-shaped molecules, chiral dopants, polarity, smectics
Work type:Doctoral dissertation
Typology:2.08 - Doctoral Dissertation
Organization:FMF - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Year:2021
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-128685 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:71926531 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:23.07.2021
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Vpliv kiralnosti v polarnih smektičnih tekočih kristalih
Abstract:
V disertaciji je predstavljena podrobna analiza struktur in dinamičnih lastnosti kiralnih polarnih feroelektričnih in akiralnih polarnih antiferoelektričnih sistemov. Analiza relaksacijskih načinov v feroelektrični SmC* fazi je pokazala nelinearno temperaturno odvisnost nagibnih in polarnih načinov. Obe vrsti relaksacij spreminjata značaj iz nagibnega v polarnega in obratno, kar kaže, da redno uporabljano razmerje med frekvenco in amplitudo dielektričnega odziva relaksacijskega načina pri dielektričnih meritvah ni pravilno. Analiza, vedenja feroelektričnega smektičnega sistema v šibkem izmeničnem električnem polju, je privedla do teoretične napovedi polarnosti relaksacijskih načinov in njihove odvisnosti od temperature. Analiza teoretičnih modelov čistih in kiralno dopiranih antiferoelektričnih B2 podfaz v sistemih iz molekul z ukrivljeno sredico je potrdila, da kiralni dopant povzroča nagib v nenagnjeni fazi in spreminja nagibe v nagnjenih fazah, kot je napovedal kiroklinični učinek. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da dopant vpliva tudi na območja stabilnosti in red prehoda med kiralnimi fazami. Red faznega prehoda se spreminja iz zveznega za šibke učinke kiralnega dopinga, v nezveznega za močnejše učinke. V takem dopiranem sistemu obstajata tudi dve fazi z enakima simetrijama, ki ob temperaturnih spremembah zvezno prehajata ena v drugo. Analiza dinamičnih lastnosti je omogočila razvoj kriterija, ki določa temperaturni območji obeh faz. Rezultat tega dela je celotni fazni diagram dopiranega sistema in teoretične napovedi za morebitno eksperimentalno preverjanje. V prispevku so predstavljene tudi metode, ki vodijo do teh ugotovitev in bi jih lahko uporabili za analizo drugih podobnih sistemov mehke snovi.

Keywords:(anti)feroelektične faze, molekule z ukrivljeno sredico, kiralni dopanti, polarnost, smektiki

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