Abstract
Abstract Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (10−2 Hz to 1010 Hz) is employed to study the collective and molecular dynamics in (low-molecular weight and polymeric) ferroelectric liquid crystals. Two collective loss processes are observed for frequencies smaller than 1 MHz: the Goldstone-mode which is assigned to fluctuations respectively modulations of the phase of the helical superstructure and the soft-mode which corresponds to fluctuations of the amplitude of the ferroelectric helix. In the frequency range from 106 Hz to 1010 Hz one relaxation process is observed, the β-relaxation. This process is assigned to fluctuations of the chiral mesogene around its long molecular axis. At the phase transition SA to S*C the relaxation peak of the β-relaxation does not split or broaden, and the temperature dependence of its relaxation rate does not show any deviation from an Arrhenius-like behavior. Its dielectric strength does not decline. These experiments prove that the β-process is a local relaxation which is n...
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