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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2985| Title: | Some recent studies of liquid crystals: A review |
| Authors: | Chandrasekhar, S. |
| Keywords: | Smectic A-nematic transition hydrodynamics of cholesterics nematic-smectic A-smectic C multicritical point |
| Issue Date: | Mar-1984 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Citation: | Journal of Statistical Physics, 1984, Vol.34, p883-893 |
| Abstract: | The following topics are reviewed briefly: (i) The first experimental determination of the decrease in the smectic A-nematic transition temperature brought about by a twist deformation, an effect which is the analog of the influence of a magnetic field on the superconductor-normal metal transition; (ii) the similarity between the hydrodynamics of cholesteric liquid crystals and superfluid hydrodynamics, and some of its consequences, e.g., the possibility of a temperature wave attending second sound in the cholesteric phase; and (iii) the nematicsmectic A-smectic C multicritical point. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. Proceedings of the 15th IUPAP conference on statistical physics, 1984 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2985 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4715 1572-9613 (Online) |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01009447 |
| Copyright: | 1984 Springer |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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