Twisted-grain-boundary (TGB) phases: Nanostructured liquid-crystal analogue of Abrikosov vortex lattices

Phase Transitions

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Dhar, Ravindra ^a  

^a EWING CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chirality; Goldstone modes; Optical texture; Phase diagram; Smectic slabs; Soft modes; TGB phases

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHIRALITY; GOLDSTONE MODES; OPTICAL TEXTURE; SMECTIC SLABS; SOFT MODES; TGB PHASES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 33645768694     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590500329819     Document Type: Article

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