SMECTIC-A-LIKE ORDERING INDUCED BY THE FREE-SURFACE OF 4,N-OCYLOXYBENZOIC ACID LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS

Authors
IVANOV NB PETROV MP
Citation
Nb. Ivanov et Mp. Petrov, SMECTIC-A-LIKE ORDERING INDUCED BY THE FREE-SURFACE OF 4,N-OCYLOXYBENZOIC ACID LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 265, 1995, pp. 457-462
Citations number
17
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
265
Year of publication
1995
Pages
457 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-725X(1995)265:<457:SOIBTF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report on onset of a surface induced phase in droplets of OO BA liq uid crystals desplaying optical properties typical for the smectic-il state. The latter state does not exist in the bulk phase diagram of th e system. The surface phase appears in a temperature range close to th e bulk nematic- smectic-C transition temperature T-NC. The results are interpreted through a Landau-de Gennes type model with additional S-f unction terms.