Calculation of electric field–temperature (E, T) phase diagram of a ferroelectric liquid crystal near the SmA– SmC α * transition
Trabelsi F, Dhaouadi H, Riahi O, Othman T
       

(color online) Electro-optical effect in the SmC α * phase. The observed change in the shape of the curve in this plot indicates a phase transition under the applied field to the SmC unwound * structure.