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VOLUME 61 (1995) | ISSUE 11 | PAGE 951
Dimensional crossover of the phase diagram in ferroelectric smectic free-standing films
A phase diagram of the surface melting type, qualitatively new for liquid crystals, has been observed in free-standing films: the SmC*Sm Cferri and Sm Cferri-SmCA phase transitions can be shifted to lower temperatures by decreasing the number of layers. This phenomenon is explained by the influence of the depolarizing fields. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.