Structure of smectic defect cores: an X-ray study of 8CB liquid crystal ultra-thin films

Details Structure of smectic defect cores: an X-ray study of 8CB liquid crystal ultra-thin films Structure of smectic defect cores: an X-ray study of 8CB liquid crystal ultra-thin films

2005-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510702v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.027803

We study the structure of very thin liquid crystal films frustrated by antagonistic anchorings in the smectic phase. In a cylindrical geometry, the structure is dominated by the defects for film thicknesses smaller than 150 nm and the detailed topology of the defects cores can be revealed by x-ray diffraction. They appear to be split in half tube-shaped Rotating Grain Boundaries (RGB). We determine the RGB spatial extension and evaluate its energy per unit line. Both are significantly larger than the ones usually proposed in the literature

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