Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2011-12-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
4 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
We explore the smectic liquid-crystal order in a cell with a "dirty" substrate imposing random pinnings. Within a harmonic elasticity we find a subtle three-dimensional surface disorder-driven transition into a pinned smectic-glass, controlled by a three-dimensional Cardy-Ostlund-like fixed line, akin to a super-rough phase of a two-dimensional xy model. We compute the associated random substrate driven distortions of the smectic-glass state, identify the characteristic length scales on the heterogeneous substrate and in the bulk, and discuss a variety of experimental signatures.
Radzihovsky Leo
Zhang Quan
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