Coupling between tilt and polar orders in liquid crystal phases formed from achiral bent shaped molecules

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 5143-5153

  Tolédano, Pierre ^a,b   Martins, Odair G ^a   Figueiredo Neto, Antonio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

MESOPHASES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038400322     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5143     Document Type: Article

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