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  2. Chirality and biaxiality in cholesteric liquid crystals
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Abstract

We investigate the statistical mechanics of chirality and biaxiality in liquid crystals through a variety of theoretical approaches, including Monte Carlo simulations, lattice mean-field theory, and Landau theory. All of these calculations show that there is an important interaction between cholesteric twist and biaxial order: The twist acts as a field on the biaxial order, and conversely, the biaxial order increases the twist, that is, reduces the pitch. We model the behavior of chiral biaxial liquid crystals as a function of temperature and discuss how the predictions can be tested in experiments.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.020702
Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-79952509470
Publication Date
2011-02-28
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
83
Issue
2
First Page
020702(R)
Subject
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Community
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Department of Physics
PDF URL
https://journals.aps.org/pre/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.020702
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Dhakal, S., & Selinger, J. (2011). Chirality and biaxiality in cholesteric liquid crystals (1–). Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.020702
Dhakal, Subas, and Jonathan Selinger. 2011. “Chirality and Biaxiality in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.020702.
Dhakal, Subas, and Jonathan Selinger. Chirality and Biaxiality in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals. Physical Review E, 28 Feb. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.020702.