Molecular Theory of Collective Modes in Nematic Liquid Crystals
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 7 (5), 1781-1788
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.7.1781
Abstract
A molecular theory of collective modes in liquid crystals is developed in the large-wave-vector regime with the use of a self-consistent-field method. The effects of orientational ordering on the translational collective modes are derived. A soft mode is obtained.Keywords
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