A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase
Johanna R. Bruckner
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A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase

Design, Properties and Chirality Effects

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In this thesis Johanna Bruckner reports the discovery of the lyotropic counterpart of the thermotropic SmC_ phase, which has become famous as the only spontaneously polarized, ferroelectric fluid in nature. By means of polarizing optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electro-optic experiments she firmly establishes aspects of the structure of the novel lyotropic liquid crystalline phase and elucidates its fascinating properties, among them a pronounced polar electro-optic effect, analogous to the ferroelectric switching of its thermotropic counterpart. The helical ground state of the mesop...