The Dielectric Anisotropy of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal of Estel Series and its Switching Characteristic

Abstract

Recentry, from the numerical calculations based on the continuom theory, we clarified that the dynamic response of the SSFLC(Surface Stabilized Ferrcelectric Liquid Crystal) was strongly affected by the dielectric biaxiality of FLCs. In order to evaluate the effect of the dielectric biaxiality, we measured the dielectric anisotropy of the FLC mixtures composed of estel-linkage LC for several frequency. Furthermore, we investigate the dependence of the dynamic response of the dielectric biaxiality experimentally.