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Solitons in ferroelectric liquid crystal
Author(s) -
Pires A. S. T.,
Sá Barreto F. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221190112
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , liquid crystal , transfer matrix , lattice (music) , condensed matter physics , phase (matter) , molecule , soliton , materials science , landau theory , lattice energy , crystal (programming language) , matrix (chemical analysis) , crystal structure , physics , crystallography , chemistry , phase transition , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , computer science , acoustics , dielectric , computer vision , programming language , composite material
The stable phases of liquid crystals whose constituents contain chiral molecules are studied. Starting from the Landau free energy for the order parameter the soliton‐lattice solution of the incommensurate phase is analysed in detail. The solutions of the normal and commensurate phases are obtained by the transfer matrix method.