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dc.contributor.authorPratibha, R.-
dc.contributor.authorMadhusudana, N.V.-
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-09T11:27:11Z-
dc.date.available2007-01-09T11:27:11Z-
dc.date.issued1992-
dc.identifier.citationJournal de Physique II, 1992, Vol.2, p383-400en
dc.identifier.issn1155-4312-
dc.identifier.issn1286-4870 (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/1895-
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dc.description.abstractIn some binary mixtures of smectogenic and non-mesomorphic aliphatic compounds, the smectic A phase separates in the form of cylindrical structures. Our observations on some of these systems indicate that such structures are stabilised by a negative radial concentration gradient of the non-mesomorphic component. If the concentration of the non-mesomorphic component is allowed to increase in the isotropic phase, the cylindrical structures develop an undulation instability. It is argued that the concentration gradient leads to a spontaneous curvature in the smectic layers, which makes it necessary to include a term linear in curvature in the elastic energy density of such systems.en
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dc.publisherEDP Sciencesen
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1992140en
dc.rights(1992) Les Editions de Physiqueen
dc.titleCylindrical growth of smectic A liquid crystals from the isotropic phase in some binary mixturesen
dc.typeArticleen
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