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| Title: |
Chirality, surface anchoring, and the cholesteric-smectic A phase transition |
| Author: |
Crandall, Karl A. Rosenblatt, Charles Hornreich, R. M. |
| Appeared in: |
Liquid crystals |
| Paging: | Volume 18 (1995) nr. 2 pages 251-256 |
| Year: |
1995-02-01 |
| Contents: |
Magnetic Freedericksz transition measurements were performed on samples of chiral and racemic mixtures in the cholesteric/nematic phase. We found that the quantity ะค, which is defined as the threshold field Hth times the cell thickness, is larger for the chiral than for the racemic mixtures. This result is inconsistent with chiral contributions to the anchoring strength potential. Instead, the data support a model by Lubensky wherein the transition temperature to the smectic A phase is suppressed in a chiral liquid crystal. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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