CRITICAL-NOISE MEASUREMENT NEAR FREEDERICKSZ TRANSITIONS IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
GALATOLA P RAJTERI M
Citation
P. Galatola et M. Rajteri, CRITICAL-NOISE MEASUREMENT NEAR FREEDERICKSZ TRANSITIONS IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 49(1), 1994, pp. 623-628
Citations number
29
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
49
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
623 - 628
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)49:1<623:CMNFTI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We present a dynamic light-scattering experiment on a planarly oriente d nematic liquid crystal in the presence of a symmetry-breaking electr ic field applied normally to the cell planes. This experiment gives di rect evidence for the critical behavior of the lowest splay fluctuatio n mode. A detailed theoretical analysis of the dynamics of this mode i s worked out and compared with the experimental results.