Title:	Some geometrical aspects of packing of bent-core molecules in the triclinic smectic- C g liquid crystals and simple models of the modulated Sm C g m o d phase
Authors:	Madhusudana, N.V.
Issue Date:	Feb-2021
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Citation:	Physical Review E, 2021, Vol.103, Article No. 022704
Abstract:	Organic compounds with bent-core (BC) molecules usually form the layered smectic liquid crystals with tilted molecules and polarization (P) which lies in the plane of the layer. A few such compounds have been found in which P itself tilts out of the plane of the layer, and the medium with general tilt (SmCg) of the molecules has the low chiral triclinic symmetry. We discuss the geometric constraints of molecular packing in this structure to show that projecting groups attached to one of the arms of the BC molecules favors the formation of the SmCg phase. We also extend our model for the modulated phases exhibited by BC molecules to show that the stripe structure made of bilayers shown by a few BC compounds, which is a signature of SmCg layers, is preferentially formed by rotation of the BC molecules about their long axes, rather than about the layer normal. The theoretical results based on the unified model which describes all the modulated phases exhibited by the BC molecules broadly reflect experimental trends.
Description:	Open Access
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/7746
ISSN:	1539-3755 (Print) 1550-2376 (Online)
Alternative Location:	https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.022704 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.022704
Copyright:	2021 American Physical Society
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (SCM)

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