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A First Example of a Lyotropic Smectic C* Analog Phase

Design, Properties and Chirality Effects

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  1. Johanna Ricarda Bruckner

    1. lnstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

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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

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 1-10

  3. Aims and Scope of this Thesis

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 11-12

  4. Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 13-28

  5. Materials and Experimental Techniques

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 29-47

  6. Results and Discussion

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 49-104

  7. Summary

    • Johanna Ricarda Bruckner
    Pages 105-107

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 109-115
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • lnstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Johanna Ricarda Bruckner

About the author

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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