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  2. Electric-field-induced layer buckling in chiral smectic-A liquid crystals
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Abstract

X-ray-scattering data from chiral smectic-A liquid crystals under an applied electric field have been analyzed to investigate the layer-buckling instability. A quantitative description of the scattering data at all values of the field is obtained via calculation of the minimal-energy layer displacement profiles determined from the continuum smectic free energy. From this analysis the real-space layer-buckling profiles are determined, revealing a sinusoid to soliton evolution with increasing field.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3059
Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-0000142978
Publication Date
1998-03
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
57
Issue
3
First Page
3059
Last Page
3062
Subject
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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Department of Physics
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Geer, R., Singer, S., Selinger, J., Ratna, B., & Shashidhar, R. (1998). Electric-field-induced layer buckling in chiral smectic-A liquid crystals (1–). Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3059
Geer, R., S. Singer, Jonathan Selinger, B. Ratna, and R. Shashidhar. 1998. “Electric-Field-Induced Layer Buckling in Chiral Smectic-A Liquid Crystals”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3059.
Geer, R., et al. Electric-Field-Induced Layer Buckling in Chiral Smectic-A Liquid Crystals. Physical Review E, Mar. 1998, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3059.