We present a Landau theory of the transition between a uniformly polarized smectic C phase and a distorted smectic C* phase in the presence of an electric field parallel to the layers. The field-temperature (E-T) phase diagram is shown to exhibit a tricritical point (Et, T t). The values of Et, Tt are expressed in terms of observable macroscopic properties of the material.On présente une théorie de la transition entre un smectique C polarisé uniformément et un smectique C* hélicoïdal en présence d'un champ électrique parallèle aux couches, en utilisant la théorie de Landau. Le diagramme de phase (champ électrique-température) a un point tricritique (Et, Tt). Les valeurs de Et et Tt sont exprimées en fonction des propriétés macroscopiques du...
Within the framework of Landau-de-Gennes formulation, we analyse the effect of pressure on electric-...
We have experimentally investigated the unwinding process of the ferroelectric Sm-C* phase of a chir...
The discrete phenomenological Landau theory is employed to investigate the effect of chirality on th...
The electric field effect on the smectic-A - smectic-C* phase transition of antiferroelectric liquid...
We extend the Landau-de Gennes phenomenological model of the electric field induced isotropic-nemati...
A detailed analytic description of the phase transition in an electric field between the modulated s...
A Landau description of the recently observed critical point of the phase transition between the pol...
Restricted Access. Please click on the alternative location for the open-access full text.We have c...
Chiral liquid crystals often exhibit periodic modulations in the molecular director; in particular, ...
Restricted Access.An electric field couples to the orientational order in liquid crystals through di...
We present a generalization of Meyer's theory of the trilinear coupling between the smectic layers, ...
The temperature dependence of the polarization P and the tilt angle theta is calculated here in the ...
We have considered chiral-achiral phase transitions that can occur in some liquid crystals. This stu...
This study gives the temperature dependence of the two order parameters, namely, polarization P and ...
The fundamental theoretical approach derived in A.V. Emelyanenko et al., Phys. Rev. E 74, 011705 (20...
Within the framework of Landau-de-Gennes formulation, we analyse the effect of pressure on electric-...
We have experimentally investigated the unwinding process of the ferroelectric Sm-C* phase of a chir...
The discrete phenomenological Landau theory is employed to investigate the effect of chirality on th...
The electric field effect on the smectic-A - smectic-C* phase transition of antiferroelectric liquid...
We extend the Landau-de Gennes phenomenological model of the electric field induced isotropic-nemati...
A detailed analytic description of the phase transition in an electric field between the modulated s...
A Landau description of the recently observed critical point of the phase transition between the pol...
Restricted Access. Please click on the alternative location for the open-access full text.We have c...
Chiral liquid crystals often exhibit periodic modulations in the molecular director; in particular, ...
Restricted Access.An electric field couples to the orientational order in liquid crystals through di...
We present a generalization of Meyer's theory of the trilinear coupling between the smectic layers, ...
The temperature dependence of the polarization P and the tilt angle theta is calculated here in the ...
We have considered chiral-achiral phase transitions that can occur in some liquid crystals. This stu...
This study gives the temperature dependence of the two order parameters, namely, polarization P and ...
The fundamental theoretical approach derived in A.V. Emelyanenko et al., Phys. Rev. E 74, 011705 (20...
Within the framework of Landau-de-Gennes formulation, we analyse the effect of pressure on electric-...
We have experimentally investigated the unwinding process of the ferroelectric Sm-C* phase of a chir...
The discrete phenomenological Landau theory is employed to investigate the effect of chirality on th...