Simple tensorial theory of smectic C liquid crystals
Xia, Jingmin and Han, Yucen (2024) Simple tensorial theory of smectic C liquid crystals. Physical Review Research, 6 (3). 033232. ISSN 2643-1564 (https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.033232)
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Abstract
The smectic C (smC) phase represents a unique class of liquid crystal phases characterized by the layered arrangement of molecules with orientations with respect to layer normals. Building upon the real-valued tensorial smectic A (smA) model in Xia [], we propose a continuum mathematical model for smC (and smA) by introducing a coupling term between the real tensor containing orientational information and density variation to control the tilt angle between directors and the layer normal (the tilt angle is zero for smA and nonzero for smC). To validate our proposed model, we conduct a series of two- and three-dimensional numerical experiments that account for typical structures in smectics: chevron patterns, defects, dislocations, and toroidal focal conic domains. These results also reveal the phenomenological differences between smA and smC configurations. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
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Item type: Article ID code: 90555 Dates: DateEvent3 September 2024Published7 August 2024AcceptedSubjects: Science > Mathematics
Science > Chemistry > CrystallographyDepartment: Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics
University of Strathclyde > University of StrathclydeDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 13 Sep 2024 09:09 Last modified: 08 Nov 2024 01:49 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90555