Figure 5
From: Giant electrocaloric response in smectic liquid crystals with direct smectic-isotropic transition
(a) The EC response in 12CB which exhibits the direct I-SmA phase transitions at \({T}_{{\rm{ISmA}}}\sim 332\,{\rm{K}}\). \({\rm{\Delta }}E=80\,{\rm{kV}}\,{{\rm{cm}}}^{-1}\). (b) A change in sample temperature ΔT as a function of time immediately after the external electric field is switched on at t = 0. The contribution due to the Joule heating is depicted with the dashed line. (c) The change in sample temperature ΔT as a function of time immediately after the external electric field is switched off at t = 0.
