Abstract
Langmuir-Blodgett films and cast films of a ferroelectric liquid crystal of sec-butyl-6-(4-(nonyloxy)benzoyloxy)-2-naphthoate have been fabricated. Their thermal behavior was investigated using infrared spectroscopy at elevated temperature combined with principal component analysis. The result shows a new phase transition from smectic A to nematic phase, compared to the phase sequence obtained by polarizing optical microscopy. Another solid transition of different isomeric crystals was also found, which was confirmed by calorimetric measurement.
