Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-04-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
4 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.085501
The free energy of antiferroelectric liquid crystal which takes into account polar order explicitly is presented. Steric, van der Waals, piezoelectric and flexoelectric interactions to the nearest layers and dipolar electrostatic interactions to the nearest and to the next nearest layers induce indirect tilt interactions with chiral and achiral properties, which extend to the third and to the fourth nearest layers. Chiral indirect interactions between tilts can be large and induce helicoidal modulations even in systems with negligible chiral van der Waals interactions. If indirect chiral interactions compete with chiral van der Waals interactions, the helix unwinding is possible. Although strength of microscopic interactions change monotonically with decreasing temperature, effective interlayer interactions change nonmonotonically and give rise to nonmonotouous change of modulation period through various phases. Increased enatiomeric excess i.e. increased chirality changes the phase sequence.
Cepic Mojca
Žekš Bostjan
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