THE NATURE OF THE SMECTIC-A SMECTIC-C TRANSITION

Authors
BENGUIGUI L MARTINOTY P
Citation
L. Benguigui et P. Martinoty, THE NATURE OF THE SMECTIC-A SMECTIC-C TRANSITION, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 301, 1997, pp. 355-361
Citations number
19
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
355 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1997)301:<355:TNOTSS>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We apply the Ginzburg criterion to the SmA-SmC transition and conclude that if sometimes the transition is mean-field like, this is very lik ely due to a coupling between the order parameter and the strains, and not to a large bare correlation length.