Some recent studies of liquid crystals: a review

Chandrasekhar, S. (1984) Some recent studies of liquid crystals: a review Journal of Statistical Physics, 34 (5-6). pp. 883-893. ISSN 0022-4715

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Abstract

The following topics are reviewed briefly: (i) The first experimental determination of the decrease in the smectic A-nematic transition temperature brought about by a twist deformation, an effect which is the analog of the influence of a magnetic field on the superconductor-normal metal transition; (ii) the similarity between the hydrodynamics of cholesteric liquid crystals and superfluid hydrodynamics, and some of its consequences, e.g., the possibility of a temperature wave attending second sound in the cholesteric phase; and (iii) the nematicsmectic A-smectic C multicritical point.

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Keywords:Smectic A-nematic Transition; Hydrodynamics of Cholesterics; Nematic-smectic A-smectic C Multicritical Point
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