SURFACE-ANCHORING SOLITARY WAVES IN ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
YU YK WANG XY TAYLOR PL
Citation
Yk. Yu et al., SURFACE-ANCHORING SOLITARY WAVES IN ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 301, 1997, pp. 177-182
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
1058725X
Volume
301
Year of publication
1997
Pages
177 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1997)301:<177:SSWIAL>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
By considering an expression for the energy of a cell containing an an tiferroelectric smectic liquid crystal with only nearest-neighbor inte ractions between layers we conclude that while the transition to and f rom ferroelectric alignment can propagate as a stable solitary wave in the bulk of the material, under certain conditions a separate surface wave can also exist.