Influence of Homeotropic Anchoring Walls upon Nematic and Smectic Phases

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2005-03-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503351v1

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., Vol.74, (2005) 955

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.74.955

McMillan liquid crystal model sandwiched between strong homeotropic anchoring walls is studied. Phase transitions between isotropic, nematic, and smectic A phases are investigated for wide ranges of an interaction parameter and of the system thickness. It is confirmed that the anchoring walls induce an increase in transition temperatures, dissappearance of phase transitions, and an appearance of non-spontaneous nematic phase. The similarity between influence of anchoring walls and that of external fields is discussed.

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