VISUALIZATION OF THE CHOLESTERIC TEXTURE NEAR A GRANDJEAN LINE

被引:7
作者
HEYNDERICKX, I
BROER, DJ
TERVOORTENGELEN, Y
机构
[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,POB 80000,5600 JA EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
[2] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL,5600 MB EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1080/02678299308036494
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
The twisted structure near a Grandjean line in a cholesterically ordered liquid crystalline network is visualized by scanning electron microscopy. It is shown that the formation of an extra pi-rotation in the molecular helix at a Grandjean line occurs at a localized depth in the sample and gives rise to an edge dislocation of strength 1/2, dissociated into a pair of two simple line dislocations.
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