Abstraet. — The fluctuations of the local order parameter above a second order nematic-smetic A phase transition give rise to singularities in the elastic constants and the viscosities of a nematic. In the hydrodynamic regime qξ > 1, we find a critical spectrum of the director modes ωS ∼ q3/2, in agreement with a recent suggestion of F. Brochard based on a dynamical scaling argument.Les fluctuations du paramètre d'ordre à une transition nématique-smectique A du 2e ordre créent des singularités de certaines viscosités et constantes élastiques en phase nématique. Le comportement critique des constantes élastiques a déjà été calculé par P. G. de Gennes dans le régime hydrodynamique qξ > 1, où l'on trouve que la largeur du spectre des fluctuati...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
In nematics, the simple shear flow may become unstable when the director is perpendicular to the she...
We show that the smectic A compressional elastic constant, measured in the (100 kHz, q ≃ a few 102 c...
Abstraet. — The fluctuations of the local order parameter above a second order nematic-smetic A phas...
Abstraet. — The fluctuations of the local order parameter above a second order nematic-smetic A phas...
2e ordre créent des singularités de certaines viscosités et constantes élastiques en phase nématique...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Starting from a generalized hydrodynamic theory the eigenmodes in the vicinity of a smectic A-nemati...
Starting from a generalized hydrodynamic theory the eigenmodes in the vicinity of a smectic A-nemati...
A Landau-Ginzburg Hamiltonian describing a liquid crystal in the nematic phase near the nematic-colu...
The dynamics near the nematic to smectic-A phase transition is investigated by the renormalization g...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
In nematics, the simple shear flow may become unstable when the director is perpendicular to the she...
We show that the smectic A compressional elastic constant, measured in the (100 kHz, q ≃ a few 102 c...
Abstraet. — The fluctuations of the local order parameter above a second order nematic-smetic A phas...
Abstraet. — The fluctuations of the local order parameter above a second order nematic-smetic A phas...
2e ordre créent des singularités de certaines viscosités et constantes élastiques en phase nématique...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Using light beating spectroscopy, we follow the behaviour of the damping time of a pure twist mode o...
Starting from a generalized hydrodynamic theory the eigenmodes in the vicinity of a smectic A-nemati...
Starting from a generalized hydrodynamic theory the eigenmodes in the vicinity of a smectic A-nemati...
A Landau-Ginzburg Hamiltonian describing a liquid crystal in the nematic phase near the nematic-colu...
The dynamics near the nematic to smectic-A phase transition is investigated by the renormalization g...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
The smectic A-nematic transition is similar to the lambda transition in helium; the phase of the ord...
In nematics, the simple shear flow may become unstable when the director is perpendicular to the she...
We show that the smectic A compressional elastic constant, measured in the (100 kHz, q ≃ a few 102 c...