Effect of longitudinal dipoles in liquid crystals
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev. A; (United States)
Molecular-lattice-theory results for rigid cores having partially-flexible tails reveal that it is not necessary to invoke dipolar forces to have stable smectic-A/sub 1/, smectic-A/sub d/, and low-temperature nematic (including reentrant-nematic) liquid-crystal phases. However, dipolar forces increase the stability of these phases in systems with Lennard-Jones interactions. Dipolar forces also shift the temperature ranges of these phases closer to ambient, thus making them easier to discover and observe experimentally.
- Research Organization:
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5701478
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 31:5; ISSN PLRAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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