Origin of spontaneous polarization, tilt, and chiral structure of smectic liquid-crystal phases composed of bent-core molecules: A molecular model

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2 1, 2004, Pages

  Emelyanenko, A V ^a,b   Osipov, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

DIPOLES; INTEGRALS; NONCHIRAL PHASES; SMECTIC PHASES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749105457     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.021704     Document Type: Article

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