Short pitch structures in smectics with interactions over more than two layers
| dc.creator | Cepic, Mojca | |
| dc.creator | Rovsek, Barbara | |
| dc.creator | Zeks, Bostjan | |
| dc.date | 2000-09-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T14:10:50Z | |
| dc.description | Phenomenological model of chiral polar smectics is introduced with interactions up to the fourth neighboring layers. The minimization of the free energy gives three stable structures: the ferroelectric Sm C$^*$ phase, the antiferroelectric Sm C$^*_A$ phase and the hellicoidally modulated structure of the Sm C$^*_H$ phase. The phase Sm C$^*_α$ can be recognized as the Sm C$^*_H$ phase below Sm A phase and as the Sm C$^*_{FI2}$ phase or as the Sm C$^*_{FI1}$ phase when appearing between the Sm C$^*$ phase and the Sm C$^*_A$ phase. Stability of these phases is analyzed and the phase diagram in the space of model parameters is presented. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Mol.Cryst. Liq. Cryts. Proceedings of ILCC2000 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009327 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009327 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/23651 | |
| dc.subject | Soft Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | Short pitch structures in smectics with interactions over more than two layers | |
| dc.type | text |