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Lattice Textures in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Kleinert H.,
Maki K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.19810290503
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , lattice (music) , energetics , theoretical physics , materials science , lattice energy , physics , chemistry , crystallography , crystal structure , thermodynamics , acoustics
Based on the Landau‐De Gennes expansion of the free energy in powers of a symmetric traceless order parameter we discuss the energetics of various phases as a function of temperature and cholestericity.