Electrical properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals during thermal phase transition

Masahiro Morimoto, Yosuke Sakaki, Yasuko Koshiba, Masahiro Misaki, Yasukiyo Ueda, Kenji Ishida*

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Abstract

The ferroelectric properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) during thermal phase transition in the surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC) cells were examined. The coercive electric field (Ec) and remanent polarization (Pr) changed with increasing temperature. These temperature-dependent variations of Ec and Pr were in agreement with the differential scanning calorimetry results. Moreover, the fatigue characteristic of the SSFLC cells was examined. No polarized fatigue was observed after 1 ' 106 cycles of polarization switching, because FLCs may have the self-repair property for structural and interfacial defects.

Original languageEnglish
Article number01AE07
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume53
Issue number1 PART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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