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  • Title: Observation of the soft-mode condensation in the Sm-A-Sm-C(*)(alpha) phase transition by nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy.
    Author: Orihara H, Fajar A, Bourny V.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2002 Apr; 65(4 Pt 1):040701. PubMed ID: 12005796.
    Abstract:
    We have theoretically and experimentally studied the nonlinear dielectric response under large orientational fluctuations near the Sm-A-Sm-C(*)(alpha) phase transition point in a chiral smectic liquid crystal. The third-order nonlinear dielectric response due to the fluctuations was observed in the vicinity of the transition point. By using it, we have successfully observed the soft-mode condensation inducing the Sm-A-Sm-C(*)(alpha) phase transition.
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