Abstract
We present a continuum theory for smectic liquid crystals
which allows variable molecular tilt
and layer spacing by relating the two. This compressible theory is employed
to predict the effect
of ‘homeotropic’ type ordering at the plates on a planar Sm
C sample.
Such a boundary
condition induces dilation of individual Sm C layers near the bounding
plates.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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21 articles.
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