Anisotropy of the elastic constants in SmC* liquid crystal films

Kidney, Kevin John and Stewart, Iain William and McKay, Geoffrey (2006) Anisotropy of the elastic constants in SmC* liquid crystal films. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 449 (1). pp. 117-125. ISSN 1542-1406 (https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400600582580)

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Abstract

We consider a film of SmC* liquid crystal with its layers parallel to an applied electric field. The liquid crystal is assumed to align uniformly under the influence of the field, except along domain walls. By employing a nonlinear continuum theory for smectic liquid crystals we can examine the width of domain walls perpendicular and parallel to the field. We obtain predictions for the wall widths based on the elastic constants and dielectric properties of the SmC* liquid crystal. Exact analytical expressions for the wall widths are obtained by assuming series expansions in the elastic anisotropy and dielectric parameters.

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Kidney, Kevin John, Stewart, Iain William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-9842 and McKay, Geoffrey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-6890;
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