X-ray studies of the phases and phase transitions of liquid crystals

Details X-ray studies of the phases and phase transitions of liquid crystals X-ray studies of the phases and phase transitions of liquid crystals

2005-01-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501011v1

Acta Cryst. (2005) A61, 112-121

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

12 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

This is a short review of recent x-ray diffraction studies of the phases and phase transitions of thermotropic liquid crystals. The areas covered are twist-grain-boundary phases, antiferroelectric phases studied with resonant x-ray diffraction, and smectic phases within gel structures. In all areas x-ray diffraction has played a key role. Nonetheless open questions remain: the nature of the smectic-C variant of the twist-grain-boundary phase, the origin of antiferroelectric phases, and whether novel Bragg glass states exist for smectic-A gel samples.

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