A NOVEL ELECTRO-OPTIC STORAGE MODE IN SMECTIC A LIQUID CRYSTALS

In conclusion, we have developed phenomenological and molecular models, which describe both conventional !layer- contracting" and de Vries smectics C as well as various

depends on what kind of fluctuations are present in the smectic A phase : layer undulations or molecular tilt. They could of course, in general, occur

This is qualitatively analogous to the construction of a 3D-crystal surface equilibrium shape with facets being the individual bricks of lowest energy (Fig. 5a)

In the absence of the flexoelectric coupling between the polarization and the tilt of molecules both the frequency and the dielectric strength of the Gold- stone mode do not

The permeation boundary layer appears because the pressure gradient normal to the layers can be relaxed by a lateral flow at distance 1 from the membranes. The

The renormalization group approach to critical dynamics near the nematic- smectic-A phase transition in liquid crystals... The renormalization group approach to critical dynamics

- Recent works [1, 2] on liquid crystals have shown that the dielectric behaviour in the smectic phases is very different than that in the nematic phase.. In this

liquid structure factor just above the nematic-smectic C transition. As the temperature is lowered, the peaks in the scattering intensity move off the z-axis and