Phase transitions in biaxial banana phases

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 243, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 291-299

  Pleiner, H ^a,b,c   Brand, H R ^a   Cladis, P E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c ALCT   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana smectics; Ginzburg landau free energies; Order parameters; Phase transitions; Polar smectics and nematics; Scalar invariants; Spontaneous splay bend twist; Symmetries

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

GINZBURG-LANDAU FREE ENERGIES;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0034541286     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190008008030     Document Type: Article

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