Thermodynamics of Blue Phases In Electric Fields

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2010-03-04

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1060v1

Phys. Rev. E 81, 031706 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

submitted to Physical Review E, 7 pages (excluding figures), 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031706

We present extensive numerical studies to determine the phase diagrams of cubic and hexagonal blue phases in an electric field. We confirm the earlier prediction that hexagonal phases, both 2 and 3 dimensional, are stabilized by a field, but we significantly refine the phase boundaries, which were previously estimated by means of a semi-analytical approximation. In particular, our simulations show that the blue phase I -- blue phase II transition at fixed chirality is largely unaffected by electric field, as observed experimentally.

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