A 3-DIMENSIONALLY MODULATED STRUCTURE IN A CHIRAL SMECTIC-C LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
PRAMOD PA PRATIBHA R MADHUSUDANA NV
Citation
Pa. Pramod et al., A 3-DIMENSIONALLY MODULATED STRUCTURE IN A CHIRAL SMECTIC-C LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Current Science, 73(9), 1997, pp. 761-765
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
73
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
761 - 765
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1997)73:9<761:A3MSIA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In this article we report the discovery of a new twist grain boundary phase. This phase is characterized by a 2-dimensional undulation of th e smectic-C-like blocks in the form of a square lattice. We suggest t hat this three-dimensionally modulated structure, which was not antici pated by theory, owes its origin to chiral interactions.