Electrooptics of ferroelectric liquid crystals, induced in a mixture of nematic liquid crystals with non-mesogenic chiral compound

We have elaborated a new electrooptical material by mixing a nematic liquid crystal with a non-mesogenic chiral compound. The material combines the advantages of nematic liquid crystals (stability of the single-domain sample to mechanical stress) and ferroelectric liquid crystals - electrooptical response time of the order of 10 -5 seconds.