Dislocation-Loop Theory of the Nematic-Smectic-SmecticMulticritical Point
- 26 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 51 (26), 2386-2389
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.2386
Abstract
The results of a dislocation-loop theory of the nematic-smectic -smectic multicritical point are presented. A new, biaxial nematic phase is found to intervene between the nematic and smectic- phases. These four phases meet at a decoupled tetracritical point.
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