External-field-induced tricritical point in a fluctuation-driven nematic-smectic-A transition

Details External-field-induced tricritical point in a fluctuation-driven nematic-smectic-A transition External-field-induced tricritical point in a fluctuation-driven nematic-smectic-A transition

1999-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9905045v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

revtex, 4 pages, 1 figure; revised version, some equations have been modified

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4796

We study theoretically the effect of an external field on the nematic-smectic-A (NA) transition close to the tricritical point, where fluctuation effects govern the qualitative behavior of the transition. An external field suppresses nematic director fluctuations, by making them massive. For a fluctuation-driven first-order transition, we show that an external field can drive the transition second-order. In an appropriate liquid crystal system, we predict the required magnetic field to be of order 10 T. The equivalent electric field is of order $1 V/\mu m$.

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