Director-layer dynamics in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal
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| author | Ghimire, Arjun Basnet, Bijaya Wang, Hao Guragain, Parikshit Baldwin, Alan Twieg, Robert Lavrentovich, Oleg Gleeson, James Jakli, Antal Sprunt, Samuel |
| author_facet | Ghimire, Arjun Basnet, Bijaya Wang, Hao Guragain, Parikshit Baldwin, Alan Twieg, Robert Lavrentovich, Oleg Gleeson, James Jakli, Antal Sprunt, Samuel |
| contents | A dynamic light scattering study of director-layer fluctuations in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal DIO is reported. The dynamics are consistent with the distinctive feature of the ZA phase that the smectic layers form parallel to the axis of molecular orientational order (director). A model is developed to describe quantitatively the dispersion of the fluctuation relaxation rates. The model is based on a specialization of the elastic free energy density of the smectic-C phase to the case of 90 degree director tilt, a "first-order" approximation of the viscous stresses by their form for an incompressible uniaxial fluid, and a treatment of the effect of chevron layer structure that develops in planar sample cells due to temperature-dependent layer shrinkage, as documented in previous studies on DIO. From the modeling, the layer compression elastic constant is estimated to be ~100 times lower in the smectic-ZA phase than in an ordinary smectic-A liquid crystal. Possible effects of the antiferroelectric layer polarization on the director splay elasticity and viscosity are described. The temperature dependencies of the splay, twist, and bend elastic constants and associated viscosities in the higher temperature nematic phase are also presented. |
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| spellingShingle | Director-layer dynamics in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal Ghimire, Arjun Basnet, Bijaya Wang, Hao Guragain, Parikshit Baldwin, Alan Twieg, Robert Lavrentovich, Oleg Gleeson, James Jakli, Antal Sprunt, Samuel Soft Condensed Matter A dynamic light scattering study of director-layer fluctuations in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal DIO is reported. The dynamics are consistent with the distinctive feature of the ZA phase that the smectic layers form parallel to the axis of molecular orientational order (director). A model is developed to describe quantitatively the dispersion of the fluctuation relaxation rates. The model is based on a specialization of the elastic free energy density of the smectic-C phase to the case of 90 degree director tilt, a "first-order" approximation of the viscous stresses by their form for an incompressible uniaxial fluid, and a treatment of the effect of chevron layer structure that develops in planar sample cells due to temperature-dependent layer shrinkage, as documented in previous studies on DIO. From the modeling, the layer compression elastic constant is estimated to be ~100 times lower in the smectic-ZA phase than in an ordinary smectic-A liquid crystal. Possible effects of the antiferroelectric layer polarization on the director splay elasticity and viscosity are described. The temperature dependencies of the splay, twist, and bend elastic constants and associated viscosities in the higher temperature nematic phase are also presented. |
| title | Director-layer dynamics in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12541 |