A new series of asymmetrical bent-shaped mesogens has been synthesised and their mesomorphic properties studied. All compounds exhibit the B2 (SmCP) phase. For some compounds we found a very low coercive field for switching to the saturated ferroelectric state and only one peak in the switching current. Due to the lack of SHG signal in the zero field state and the behaviour of the relaxation mode we cannot unambiguously assign ferroelectric or antiferroelectric character to the B2 phase observed. The observation of planar samples revealed a striped texture. Large optically active domains appear on very slow cooling, which are attributed to a non-homogeneous (twisted) in-plane structure imposed by surfaces. The twisted domains are suppressed under a critical electric field. A simple model of such a structure and its behavior in the electric field is proposed. The low temperature phase detected on further cooling is attributed to a crystalline-like smectic phase.
我们合成了一系列新的不对称弯曲状介质,并研究了它们的介质性质。所有化合物都呈现出 B2(SmCP)相。对于某些化合物,我们发现切换到饱和
铁电态的矫顽力场非常低,而且切换电流只有一个峰值。由于在零磁场状态下缺乏 S
HG 信号以及弛豫模式的行为,我们无法明确地为观察到的 B2 相赋予
铁电或反
铁电特性。对平面样品的观察显示出一种条状纹理。在非常缓慢的冷却过程中会出现大的光学活性畴,这归因于表面施加的非均质(扭曲)面内结构。在临界电场下,扭曲畴被抑制。本文提出了这种结构及其在电场中行为的简单模型。在进一步冷却时检测到的低温相归因于类似晶体的胶凝相。