Owing to its high electrical conductivity, polymer poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) was extensively investigated. However, until now, only a few studies have focused on quantum dot embedded...

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(S)-(+)-4 - [(4-(1-methylheptyloxycarbonylphenyl) thiocarbonylphenyl]-decyloxybenzoate (in short 10.OPOSMH) was studied by complementary methods. The substance shows rich polymorphism. In addition to ferroelectric and antiferroelectric smectic C * phases it possesses three ferrielectric sub-phases. Phase transitions between the phases were revealed by dierential scanning calorimetry and static dielectric permittivity measurements. The aim of this paper was to study phase transitions and dierences in dielectric spectra shown by dierent phases. Collective and molecular dynamics of all phases shown by 10.OPOSMH will be discussed in terms of theoretical models. Dielectric spectra of antiferroelectric phase show two characteristic dielectric relaxation modes: one connected with the molecular process (reorientation around the short axis) and the other originating from uctuations of antiferroelectric order parameters.