Landau theory for isotropic, nematic, smectic-A, and smectic-C phases

Autor: Mário J. de Oliveira, Dora Izzo
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
ISSN: 1366-5855
0267-8292
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2019.1631968
Popis: We use the Landau theory of phase transitions to describe the phase diagram of a liquid crystal displaying the isotropic (i), nematic (N), smectic-A and smectic-C phases. The order parameter of the...
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