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Title: A simple molecular model for N-SmAd-NdRe-N1Re-SmA1 phase sequence in highly polar compounds
Authors: Govind, A.S.
Madhusudana, N.V.
Issue Date: Jan-2000
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Liquid Crystals, 2000, Vol.27, p215 - 218
Abstract: Our earlier model of re-entrant liquid crystalline phases exhibited by highly polar compounds, in which the mutual orientation of near-neighbour molecules can change from an antiparallel to a parallel configuration, has been extended to include both nematic and smectic interactions. We show that, as the McMillan parameter alpha is decreased, the SmAd-SmA1 line goes over to the SmAd-N1Re line, finally becoming the NdRe-N1Re transition line, the latter ending in a critical point. This sequence is in agreement with the predictions of Prost's Landau model as well as with an experimental result. The phase sequence N-SmAd-NdRe-N1Re-SmA1 is obtained on cooling for a range of alphaA values.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2887
ISSN: 0267-8292
1366-5855 (Online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026782900203001
Copyright: 2000 Taylor & Francis
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