Publications of Christian Bahr

Bahr, C.; Booth, C. J.; Fliegner, D.; Goodby, J. W.: Inter-layer coupling in freely suspended films of tilted smectic liquid-crystal phases. Thin Solid Films 284-285, pp. 338 - 342 (1996)

Bahr, C.; Booth, C. J.; Fliegner, D.; Goodby, J. W.: Critical adsorption at the free surface of a smectic liquid crystal possessing a second-order phase transition. Physical Review Letters 77 (6), pp. 1083 - 1086 (1996)

Bahr, C.; Booth, C. J.; Fliegner, D.; Goodby, J. W.: Surface-induced order near the smectic-A - smectic-C transition: Comparison between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric compounds. Ferroelectrics 178 (1), pp. 229 - 236 (1996)

Bahr, C.; Booth, C. J.; Fliegner, D.; Goodby, J. W.: Sign inversion of the spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric liquid crystals: a thickness dependence study in freely suspended films. Europhysics Letters 34 (7), pp. 507 - 512 (1996)

Bahr, C.; Booth, C. J.; Fliegner, D.; Goodby, J. W.: Behavior of a surface phase transition in freely suspended liquid-crystal films. Physical Review E 52 (5), pp. R4612 - R4615 (1995)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.; Booth, C. J.; Goodby, J. W.: Experimental indication of a devil's staircase structure in a smectic liquid crystal. Physical Review E 51 (5), pp. R3823 - R3826 (1995)

Kraus, I.; Bahr, C.; Pieranski, P.: Mechanical perturbation applied on freely suspended smectic films. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A-Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 262 (1), pp. 1 - 12 (1995)

Bahr, C.: Influence of dimensionality and surface ordering on phase transitions: Studies of freely-suspended liquid-crystal films. International Journal of Modern Physics B [Condensed Matter Physics; Statistical Physics; Applied Physics] 08 (22), pp. 3051 - 3082 (1994)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.; Booth, C. J.; Goodby, J. W.: Ellipsometric study of free-standing films of a liquid crystal possessing ferroelectric, ferrielectric, and antiferroelectric phases. Europhysics Letters 26 (7), pp. 539 - 544 (1994)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.: Ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition in a two-molecular-layer free-standing liquid-crystal film. Physical Review Letters 70 (12), pp. 1842 - 1845 (1993)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.: Selective reflection and textural studies of free-standing films of a chiral liquid crystal. Liquid Crystals 14 (2), pp. 573 - 580 (1993)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.: The smectic-C - smectic-A transition in free-standing liquid-crystal films: An example for critical behaviour induced by a confined geometry. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie 97 (10), pp. 1381 - 1385 (1993)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.: Free-standing films of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals. Ferroelectrics 147 (1), pp. 1 - 11 (1993)

Chan, T.; Bahr, C.; Heppke, G.; Garland, C. W.: Landau second order to tricritical crossover behaviour for smectic A - smectic C^* transitions. Liquid Crystals 13 (5), pp. 667 - 675 (1993)

Bahr, C.; Fliegner, D.: Behavior of a first-order smectic-A -smectic-C transition in free-standing liquid-crystal films. Physical Review A 46 (12), pp. 7657 - 7663 (1992)

Bahr, C.; Heppke, G.; Sabaschus, B.: Influence of an electric field on phase transitions in ferroelectric liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals 11 (1), pp. 41 - 48 (1992)

Bahr, C.; Heppke, G.; Wuthe, K.: Dielectric, viscosity, and pitch measurements of a ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibiting the phase sequence smectic M-smectic C. Liquid Crystals 12 (6), pp. 997 - 1003 (1992)

Bahr, C.; Escher, C.; Fliegner, D.; Heppke, G.; Molsen, H.: Behaviour of helical pitch in cholesteric and chiral smectic C^* phases. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie 95 (10), pp. 1233 - 1237 (1991)

Bahr, C.; Heppke, G.: Landau theory of an electric-field-induced polarized smectic A - ferroelectric smectic C critical point. Ferroelectrics 114 (1), pp. 311 - 317 (1991)

Bahr, C.; Heppke, G.: Experimental study of the electric-field-induced smectic A - ferroelectric smectic C critical point in binary mixtures: Approach to tricritical behavior. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 174 (1), pp. 139 - 148 (1991)