TILT, POLARITY, AND SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY-BREAKING IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
VANAKARAS AG PHOTINOS D SAMULSKI ET
Citation
Ag. Vanakaras et al., TILT, POLARITY, AND SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY-BREAKING IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 57(5), 1998, pp. 4875-4878
Citations number
19
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
57
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Part
A
Pages
4875 - 4878
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1998)57:5<4875:TPASSI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We show through explicit molecular modeling how tilt may be induced in layered mesophases and propagate across the-layers, using a concrete representation of flexible tail-core-tail calamitic mesogens in conjun ction with-the variational cluster expansion. The results demonstrate that spontaneous symmetry breaking observed in smectic-liquid crystals -the tilt of the director relative to the layers-can be induced by exc luded. volume interactions, both in the synclinic and in the anticlini c configurations.