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Name HIRAOKA Kazuyuki

Title

Flexoelectric Polarization in Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Prepared by Cross-Linking under Horseshoe-Shaped Deformation.

Summary

Flexoelectric polarization, which is caused by symmetry breaking in a distortion of material, was investigated in liquid crystalline elastomers composed of wedge-shaped mesogens prepared by cross-linking under horseshoe-shaped deformation. X-ray diffractometry suggested that splay dis-tortion along the depth direction was induced in the pseudo-isotropic phase. While almost no electric charge was observed in the smectic A phase, an electric charge caused by polarization due to the flexoelectric effect appeared and reached −1367 pC/mm2 in the pseudo-isotropic phase. We tentatively conclude that the macroscopic polarization due to the flexoelectric effect emerged and was fixed in the liquid crystalline elastomers by cross-linking under horseshoe-shaped defor-mation.

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Hiraoka, K.; Ishihara, T.; Minami, H.; Taira, S.; Yamada, K.; Hiejima, T.

Date of Issue

2023-03-01

Magazine(name)

Symmetry

Volume

15(3), 616, 2023

Page

 

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https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15030616

ENG

2022

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