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A number of 4-n-alkoxy-α-methylcinnamic acid esters have been prepared and many of these exhibit the chiral smectic C phase. A suitable mixture using these compounds provides a fairly low temperature ferroelectric liquid crystal. The spontaneous polarisation has also been measured as a function of temperature for two of these compounds.
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Shivkumar et al. (1988) studied this question.
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