CORRESPONDING STATES OF PERIODIC STRUCTURES IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
PALANGANA AJ SIMOES M EVANGELISTA LR ARROTEIA AA
Citation
Aj. Palangana et al., CORRESPONDING STATES OF PERIODIC STRUCTURES IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 56(4), 1997, pp. 4282-4285
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4282 - 4285
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)56:4<4282:CSOPSI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The discovery of a universal behavior for the distortion of one-dimens ional walls, formed in nematic liquid crystal samples under the action of a magnetic field, above the Freedericksz threshold is reported. By means of a simple theoretical approach it is shown that the length of these walls, when properly seated and considered as a function of the reduced magnetic field, stays in a common line of corresponding state s. This behavior is confirmed by experimental data on lyotropic as wel l as in thermotropic nematic liquid crystals.