Examples of 'smectic' in a sentence
Meaning of "smectic"
Smectic is an adjective used in chemistry to describe a liquid crystal phase characterized by its layer structure
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- Cleansing.
- Astringent; detergent.
- Describing a class of liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.
- A liquid crystal having the molecules aligned in this way.
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Smectic liquid crystal color display screen.
Bistable ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal display device.
Liposomes in general are referred to as smectic mesophases.
Smectic liquid crystal.
These are called smectic liquid crystals.
Other recent studies make analogies with smectic phases.
Tilted smectic phase.
Schematic of alignment in the smectic phases.
Ordered smectic phase.
Smectic liquid crystal display screens for displaying a color image.
This is a well known advantage of smectic phase liquid crystals.
Such a chiral smectic liquid crystal is expected to be used for constituting a display panel.
This is particularly advantageous for smectic liquid crystal screens.
Cholesteric and smectic liquid crystals are used in the prior art.
This lamellar structure has also been termed smectic in the literature.
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Bistable ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal display device having particular orientation film.
A particularly preferred class of liquid crystal materials are chiral smectic liquid crystals.
Chiral smectic liquid crystals disclosed in these references can be used in the present invention.
Orthogonal smectic phase.
Smectic liquid crystal display devices have formed the subject of numerous studies and publications.
This invention relates to fluorinated chiral and achiral smectic liquid crystal compounds.
The present invention concerns chiral smectic liquid crystal materials particularly ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal materials.
The present invention relates to a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device having a chiral smectic phase.
The presence of a smectic phase A facilitates the arrangement of the liquid crystal layers.
The invention relates to planar display screens and more particularly to smectic liquid crystal screens.
Type A smectic liquid crystal having a positive dielectric anisotropy.
This study indicated that fluorine promotes Bingham plastic liquid behavior in the smectic phase.
A smectic crystalline meso phase of a liquid crystal ; and.
Eutectic mixtures and combinations of all the above smectic A materials are useful.
In particular, the smectic phases that are the object of this study are presented.
Other ferroelectric materials may also be used such as Chiral H smectic liquid crystals.
However, cholesteric and smectic liquid crystal material generally are bulk driven.
Homeotropic alignment often appears in the smectic A phase SA.
Smectic mesophases are intermediate states between solid and liquid, commonly known as liquid crystals.
Further, it can provide a more stable smectic liquid crystal phase.
Currently there are three categories of liquid crystal materials, namely cholesteric, nematic and smectic.
These objects are achieved by a ferroelectric chiral smectic liquid crystal composition according to claim 1.
The layered clays are preferably natural or synthetic phyllosilicates, particularly smectic clays.
A layer of a mesomorphic material having a smectic phase and enclosed between two transparent plates ;.
In fact, the homopolymers prepared with such monomers only have smectic phases.
Thermotropic liquid crystals that exhibit nematic and smectic ( including ferroelectric ) phases are preferred.
For a conventional smectic liquid crystal, the electric field has no action in the isotropic phase.
A display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal is chiral smectic liquid crystal.
Synthetic clays such as synthetic smectic clays, silicates and fluorosilicates may also be used.
Smectic liquid crystal composition for recording display medium, recording display medium and use thereof.
Hard spherocylinders form not only orientationally ordered nematic, but also positionally ordered smectic phases.
If the only anisotropic phase is a smectic phase, Tc marks the smectic to isotropic transition.
A mesomorphic compound according to Claim 1, which assumes a chiral smectic phase.
FIG . 1 is a partial cross sectional view of a smectic liquid crystal cell according to the invention.
A liquid crystal composition according to Claim 3, which assumes a chiral smectic phase.
