Holographic properties of ionic smectic glasses of thermotropic liquid crystals

Smectic glasses of ionic thermotropic liquid crystals (system based on cobalt (11) decanoate) were investigated. Holographic properties of these systems were observed. Electronic absorption spectra of Co2+ in the isotropic melt, ionic smectic mesophase and smectic glass phase were studied as a function of temperature. On the base of small angle X-ray scattering was determined structure of cobalt decanoate mesophase.