Transitions of smectic A to tilted phases in thin free standing films of liquid crystal
The transition of orthogonal smectic A (SmA) phase to the tilted phases, upon lowering the temperature, is explored with a discrete phenomenological model and the phase diagrams are presented. The results show that the transition of SmA to uniplanar structures can be affected by the effect of chiral...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2011
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2412/1/03_Chia.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2412/ http://www.ukm.my/jsm/ |
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Institution: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
Language: | English |