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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) Curve representing the variation of the slope α (T) of the SmC α * → SmC unwound * boundary.