Theory of chiral smectic A liquid crystalline membranes

C. Nadir Kaplan

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2010, vol. 389, issue 15, 2962-2965

Abstract: This work is intended to be a brief introduction to smectic A and chiral smectic A liquid crystals and current research topics focusing on chiral smectic A liquid crystalline membranes. We derive the elastic free energies of smectic A and chiral smectic A phases, as well as the surface energies of smooth membranes. Furthermore, we explain how twist and bend deformations can penetrate into smectic layers despite geometrical constraints, either by external deformations or due to a tendency of tilting of chiral molecular packing, in analogy with the magnetic field penetration into bulk superconductors.

Keywords: Membranes; Liquid crystals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.02.003

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