• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1939-1944
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• 2007

New liquid crystalline (biphenylcarbonyloxy)benzoates with an achiral swallow-tail derived from 3-alkoxy-2- (alkoxymethyl)-1-propanol [(ROCH2)2CHCH2OH, R = Me, Et, Pr, Bu] were prepared. These liquid crystals exhibited the phase sequence (I-SmA-SmCalt-(SmCX)-Cr) and showed antiferroelectric-like Smectic C phase (SmCalt) at temperature lower, and temperature range broader than do the compounds containing a branched alkyl group as a swallow-tail. The temperature ranges of antiferroelectric phase were found to be 30-90 oC and crystallization temperatures were 4-60 oC. The binary mixture of an achiral swallow-tailed liquid crystal and a chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal, (S)-MHPOBC showed antiferroelectric smectic C phase at temperature much lower than the single chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal does.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2003년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.575-577
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• 2003

Achiral swallow-tailed liquid crystals derived from 1,3-dialkoxy-2-propanol were prepared and their mesomorphic properties were investigated. 1,3-Dialkoxy-2-propyl swallow-tailed material showed antiferroelectric-like smectic C phase at lower temperature and in broader temperature range than the corresponding compounds with a branched alkyl group as a swallow-tail. They could serve as suitable host for antiferroelectric mixtures.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.512-520
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• 1998

PLZT(7.5/70/30) was initially a cubic phase having diffuse phase transition at high temperatures. Sn-sub-stitution for PLZT(7.5/70/30) underwent an irreversible phase transition from cubic to rhom-bohedral structure. However PLZTS(7.5/70/30/y=5 & 10) could be reversibly switched from paraelectric to ferroelectric phase under electric field without showing a significant change in crystal structure. With in-creasing the amount of Sn-substitution the P-E behaviors of the PLZTS became more antiferroelectric which was similar to the effect of La-substitution of PLZT. Our study may suggest that Sn-substitution ef-fectively weakens a formation of long-range order between polar Ti-or Zr- containing octahedra which greatly affects strain properties.

• 한국세라믹학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국세라믹학회 2000년도 춘계총회,특별강연,심포지움,연구발표회
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• pp.152.1-152.1
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• 2000

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1239-1243
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• 1997

A phase analysis in the solid solution of (1-x) PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3-xPbCo1/2W1/2O3 is conducted by dielectric properties, heat capacity and E-P hysteresis at x=0.1 interval. Lattice constants and superlattice intensity are analyzed by the x-ray diffraction, and the temperature - composition phase diagram is determined. The system is found to form a solid solution of perovskite structure throughout the entire composition range, but the nature of phase transitions changes from ferroelectric-paraelectric for $0{\leq}x{\leq}0.5$ to antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.6{\leq}x{\leq}1.0$. The transitions of ferroelectric-paraelectric and antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.2{\leq}x{\leq}0.5$ and for $0.6{\leq}x{\leq}0.8$, respectively, are diffuse, while those of the ferroelectric-paraelectric and the antiferroelectric-paraelectric for $0.0{\leq}x{\leq}0.1$ and $0.9{\leq}x{\leq}1.0$, respectively are sharp.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2017

This work employed density functional theory to investigate the structural and ferroelectric properties of the Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phase of lead titanate, $Pb_2TiO_4$, as well as its phase transitions with epitaxial strain. A wealth of novel structural instabilities, which are absent in the host $PbTiO_3$ material, were identified in the RP phase through phonon soft-mode analysis. Our calculations showed that the ground state of $Pb_2TiO_4$ is antiferroelectric, distinct from the dominant ferroelectric phase in the corresponding host material. In addition, applied epitaxial strain was found to play a key role in the interactions among the instabilities. The induction of a sequence of antiferroelectric and antiferrodistortive (AFD) phase transitions by epitaxial strain was demonstrated, in which the ferroic instability and AFD distortion were cooperative rather than competitive, as is the case in the host $PbTiO_3$. The RP phase in conjunction with strain engineering thus represents a new approach to creating ferroic orders and modifying the interplay among structural instabilities in the same constituent materials, enabling us to tailor the functionality of perovskite oxides for novel device applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.2241-2247
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• 2007

A new series of chiral bent-shaped liquid crystals with an asymmetric central core based on 1,6- dihydroxynaphthalene and chiral terminal chain prepared from (S)-(?)-2-methyl-1-butanol, 1,6-naphthalene bis[4-(4-alkoxyphenyliminomethyl)]benzoates [N(1,6)-n-O-PIMB(n-2)*-(n-4)O (n = 8-11)] were synthesized. Their mesomorphic properties and phase structures were investigated by means of electro-optical, polarization reversal current, and second harmonic generation measurements in order to confirm the relationship between the molecular structure and phase structure. All odd n (n = 9 and 11) compounds, N(1,6)-9-O-PIMB7*-5O and N(1,6)-11-O-PIMB9*-7O exhibit antiferroelectric phase, whereas even n (n = 8 and 10) compounds was flexible, N(1,6)-10-O-PIMB8*-6O exhibits the ferroelectric phase but N(1,6)-8-O-PIMB6*-4O exhibits the antiferroelectric phase. These results come from the decrease of the closed packing efficiency within a layer and the lack of uniform interlayer interaction between adjacent layers, which were caused by the asymmetrical naphthalene central core. Thus, we concluded that the structure of central core as well as the terminal chain plays an important role for the emergence of particular polar ordering in phase structures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1364-1370
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• 2006

New liquid-crystalline biphenyl carboxylates with an achiral swallow-tail derived from 1,3-dialkoxy-2-propanol $[(ROCH_2)_2CHOH$] where R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, $CH_2CF_3$, and $CH_2CF_2CF_3$ were prepared. These achiral liquid crystals having 1,3-dialkoxy-2-propyl moieties exhibit diverse phase sequences [I-SmA-(SmC)-(SmCalt)-Cr] depending on the substituent R group of the swallow-tail. The compounds carrying a fluorinated swallow-tail exhibit antiferroelectric-like smectic C phases, and their temperature ranges are broader than the corresponding non-fluorinated swallow-tailed ones.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 1998

이 연구의 목적은 lead zirconate 박막을 sol-gel 법으로 제작하는데 있어 Pb와 Zr의 혼합비에 따라 결정의 형성에 있어서 변화와 이에 따른 결정의 성장 선호 방향을 조사하였다. 기판으로는 Pt/Ti/$SiO_2$/Si를 사용하였으며, 결정 형성을 위한 온도는 $800^{\circ}C$로 1분간 유지하였다. Pb가 부족할 경우는 <221>방향으로의 성장이 두드러지고, Pb가 화학당량적 비를 만족한 이후는 <100>와 <221>이 같이 성장하게 된다. 그러나 이들은 모두 반강유전체로서의 특성을 나타내지만 뚜렷한 domain switching을 나타내지는 않는다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.415-418
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• 2002

We have studied electro-optic properties and layer deformations in the smectic phases of 4-(6ethoxy-l-trifluoromethyl-hexyloxycarbonyl)-phenyl-4-Nonyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylat ( TFMEOHPNBC ) having fluorine attached to one of its benzene rings by electro-optical and small angle x-ray scattering techniques. 3 and 5${\mu}m$ thick test cells were prepared using beryllium plates to minimize x-ray beam absorption. Layer structure and orientation was studied while changing the amplitude and frequency of the applied electric field as a function of cell temperature. We observed that the chevron layer tilt angle is reduced and layer spacing is increased as stabilizing in antiferroelectric phase. This result is extraordinary that there is dimerization in antiferroelectric phase. We also found that there is a threshold electric field that changes the chevron structure to bookshelf structure. This threshold electric field depends on the frequency and temperature as shown in Fig.1. We will discuss the dynamics of layer orientation as determined from the x-ray, electro-optic and dielectric spectroscopy.