Possible stable structures of chiral polar smectics with significant interactions between next nearest layers

被引:4
作者
Cepic, M
Rovsek, B
Zeks, B
机构
[1] Jozef Stefan Inst, Ljubljana 1111, Slovenia
[2] Fac Educ, Ljubljana 1113, Slovenia
[3] Inst Biophys, Fac Med, Ljubljana 1105, Slovenia
来源
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 2000年 / 351卷
关键词
chiral polar smectics; ferroelectric phase; antiferroelectric phase; nearest layers interactions; next nearest layers interactions;
D O I
10.1080/10587250008023270
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We analyse stable structures in the model where interactions between the nearest and the next nearest layers are taken into acount. Interactions can be noncompeting or competing. We find five different stable structures stable at different values of model parameters. Three of them are already known: the ferroelectric SmC*, the antiferroelectric SmC*(A) phase and by recent experiments confirmed helicoidal shea-pitch SmC*(alpha) structure. Aditionally we find two structures, the structure with a primitive cell which extends over 2 smectic layers SmC*(2) and SmC*(4) the primitive cell cosists of 4 smectic layers.
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页码:209 / 219
页数:11
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