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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Main Authors: Lum, Chia Yuee, Ong, Lye Hock, Mojca Cepic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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