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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/765| Title: | Unusual growth of smectic A liquid crystals |
| Authors: | Pratibha, R. Madhusudana, N.V. |
| Issue Date: | 10-Mar-1992 |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
| Citation: | Current Science, 1992, Vol. 62, p419-422. |
| Abstract: | Smectic A liquid crystals have been found to grow from the isotropic phase in the very unusual form of long cylindrical structures in some binary mixtures of smectogenic and non-mesomorphic aliphatic compounds. We report some experiments which show that the occurrence and stability of these structures can be accounted for by a concentration gradient of the non- mesomorphic component. In such a case it is necessary to include a linear term in curvature in the elastic energy density of the system. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/765 |
| ISSN: | 0011-3891 |
| Copyright: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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