Escape configuration lattice near the nematic-isotropic transition: tilt analogue of blue phases

Chakrabarti, Buddhapriya ; Hatwalne, Yashodhan ; Madhusudana, N. V. (2006) Escape configuration lattice near the nematic-isotropic transition: tilt analogue of blue phases Physical Review Letters, 96 (15). 157801_1-157801_4. ISSN 0031-9007

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Official URL: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v96/i15/e157801

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.157801

Abstract

We predict the possible existence of a new phase of liquid crystals near the nematic-isotropic transition. This phase is an achiral, tilt analogue of the blue phase and is composed of a lattice of double-tilt, escape-configuration cylinders. We discuss the structure and the stability of this phase and provide an estimate of the lattice parameter.

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