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3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2002-4-23
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A theoretical study is made of the process by which an antiferroelectric smectic liquid crystal undergoes a field-induced transition to ferroelectric alignment. We find that for cells of moderate thickness the initial departure from antiferroelectric alignment occurs as a continuous Fréedericksz transition. The following transition from partial alignment to complete ferroelectric ordering may occur as either a first-order or continuous transition, depending on the relative strength of some of the model parameters. The case where the transition is continuous provides a possible mechanism for some recently observed thresholdless transitions in these systems.
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eng
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PubMed-not-MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Sep
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| pubmed:issn |
1063-651X
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| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
60
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
2978-84
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-3
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| pubmed:year |
1999
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Field-induced phase transitions in antiferroelectric liquid crystals.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Journal Article
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