Effect of longitudinal dipoles in liquid crystals
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 31 (5), 3214-3219
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.31.3214
Abstract
Molecular-lattice-theory results for rigid cores having partially-flexible tails reveal that it is not necessary to invoke dipolar forces to have stable smectic-, smectic-, and low-temperature nematic (including reentrant-nematic) liquid-crystal phases. However, dipolar forces increase the stability of these phases in systems with Lennard-Jones interactions. Dipolar forces also shift the temperature ranges of these phases closer to ambient, thus making them easier to discover and observe experimentally. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3214 © 1985 The American Physical Society
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