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- outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Stuttgart
- comprehensive study of the novel lyotropic SmC* phase
- Presents a detailed investigation of solvent effects on the phase behaviour of a lyotropic liquid crystal of Stuttgart
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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In this thesis Johanna Bruckner reports the discovery of the lyotropic counterpart of the thermotropic SmC* phase, which has become famous as the only spontaneously polarized, ferroelectric fluid in nature. By means of polarizing optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electro-optic experiments she firmly establishes aspects of the structure of the novel lyotropic liquid crystalline phase and elucidates its fascinating properties, among them a pronounced polar electro-optic effect, analogous to the ferroelectric switching of its thermotropic counterpart. The helical ground state of the mesophase raises the fundamental question of how chiral interactions are "communicated" across layers of more or less disordered and achiral solvent molecules which are located between adjacent bi-layers of the chiral amphiphile molecules. This thesis bridges an important gap between thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals and pioneers a new field of liquid crystal research.
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Johanna R. Bruckner studied chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and received her diploma in 2010. For her PhD she then started working at the Institute of Physical Chemistry in the group of Prof. Dr. F. Gießelmann investigating amphoteric liquid crystals at the borderline between lyotropic and thermotropic mesophases. Afterwards she continued working as a post-doctoral researcher in the Physics and Material Science Unit at the University of Luxembourg. There, in the experimental soft matter physics group of Prof. Dr. J. Lagerwall, she focuses on solvent effects in suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase
Book Subtitle: Design, Properties and Chirality Effects
Authors: Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27203-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27202-3Published: 06 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80091-2Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27203-0Published: 22 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 115
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Chemistry, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Analytical Chemistry, Crystallography and Scattering Methods