A MEAN-FIELD MODEL FOR THE PHASE-DIAGRAM OF LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
TUBLEK A YURTSEVEN H SALIHOGLU S
Citation
A. Tublek et al., A MEAN-FIELD MODEL FOR THE PHASE-DIAGRAM OF LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Phase transitions, 64(4), 1998, pp. 203-214
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography,"Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Phase transitions → ACNP
ISSN journal
01411594
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Part
A
Pages
203 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-1594(1998)64:4<203:AMMFTP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In this study we have developed a mean-field model to obtain the phase diagram for a mixture of liquid crystals. Our mean-field model gives the phase diagram of the nematic, smectic A and smectic C phases near the NAC point. We have fitted our model to the experimentally observed data. From this fitting, we conclude that our mean-field model explai ns correctly the experimentally observed behavior of a mixed liquid cr ystalline system near the NAC point.