Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
The molecular arrangement of tilted surface layers on freestanding films above the bulk smectic-A-smectic-C(*) transition has been studied by null transmission ellipsometry. In the presence of an applied in-plane electric field, a synclinic-anticlinic-synclinic-anticlinic double reentrance has been observed. Furthermore, we have characterized a novel transition from the synclinic arrangement to a structure in which the interior layers tilt in the same orientation and the outermost surface layers tilt oppositely with the interior layers.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Han et al. (2003) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: