ORDER ELECTRICITY IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS

被引:35
作者
DURAND, G
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex
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PHYSICA A | 1990年 / 163卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0378-4371(90)90318-M
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Liquid crystals can be considered as spontaneously oriented electric quadrupoles. Spatial modulation of their orientational order builds an order electric polarization. The association electrostatic energy creates a frustration. This frustration is released by tilt, at nematic-isotropic interfaces, can induce the smectic A→C transition, or the SA→nematic reentrant transition. © 1990.
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