Optical characterization of a nanoscale incommensurate pitch in a new liquid-crystal phase

Optical characterization of a nanoscale incommensurate pitch in a new liquid-crystal phase

As a remarkable orientationally ordered soft-condensed matter system, the smectic-C*(alpha) phase exhibits an incommensurate nanoscale helical pitch of more than four smectic layers. Recent theoretical advances predict the existence of a new phase showing a helical pitch of less than four smectic la...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2003-09, Vol.91 (12), p.125502-125502, Article 125502
Hauptverfasser: Cady, A, Han, X F, Olson, D A, Orihara, H, Huang, C C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:As a remarkable orientationally ordered soft-condensed matter system, the smectic-C*(alpha) phase exhibits an incommensurate nanoscale helical pitch of more than four smectic layers. Recent theoretical advances predict the existence of a new phase showing a helical pitch of less than four smectic layers (
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.91.125502