| Autor: |
Michael John Towler, Nigel J. Mottram, S. J. Elston, Timothy J. Sluckin |
| Rok vydání: |
2000 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 347:179-188 |
| ISSN: |
1058-725X |
| DOI: |
10.1080/10587250008024839 |
| Popis: |
In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of shear induced melting in smectic A liquid crystals. We have performed a detailed numerical analysis and find that for a range of parameter values a first order transition, from a supersheared state to a more relaxed state, is periodically encountered as the total shear is increased. This first order transition involves the melting and reformation of the smectic layers. In this paper we present a summary of this analysis while a more detailed analysis, including analytic expressions for certain critical quantities, is presented elsewhere. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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