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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1322| Title: | Chiral symmetry breaking in three-dimensional smectic-C liquid-crystal domains |
| Authors: | Pullarkat, Pramod A. Hatwalne, Yashodhan Madhusudana, N.V. |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical Review E, 1997, Vol.56, R4935-4938 |
| Abstract: | We report an observation of a unique type of spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in three-dimensional domains of a smectic-C material consisting of achiral molecules. The observed helical structure clearly demonstrates the effect of an elastic coupling between the bend and the twist distortions in the c field. The sign and the magnitude of the coupling coefficient are determined experimentally. We also demonstrate that an external chiral bias field favors domains of one handedness. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1322 |
| ISSN: | 1550-2376 (online) 1539-3755 |
| Alternative Location: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v56/pR4935 |
| Copyright: | (1997) by the American Physical Society |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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