Solid and fluid phases in smectic layers with tilted molecules
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 21 (11), 5312-5329
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.21.5312
Abstract
A recent theory of two-dimensional melting is applied to freely suspended liquid-crystal films with a tilt degree of freedom. As many as seven distinct phases are possible, including those we identify with smectic-, -, -, and - liquid crystals. Some of these phases may survive when stacked to form bulk smectics.
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