Molecular model for de Vries type smectic A - smectic C phase transition in liquid crystals

Details Molecular model for de Vries type smectic A - smectic C phase transition in liquid crystals Molecular model for de Vries type smectic A - smectic C phase transition in liquid crystals

2007-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701555v1

published in Phys. Rev. E RC, v.75, 060701 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.75.060701

We develop a theory of Smectic A - Smectic C phase transition with anomalously weak smectic layer contraction. We construct a phenomenological description of this transition by generalizing the Chen-Lubensky model. Using a mean-field molecular model, we demonstrate that a relatively simple interaction potential suffices to describe the transition. The theoretical results are in excellent agreement with experimental data.

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