Chiral symmetry breaking in three-dimensional smectic-C liquid-crystal domains

dc.contributor.author	Pullarkat, Pramod A
dc.contributor.author	Hatwalne, Yashodhan
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N V
dc.date.accessioned	2006-06-08T06:09:15Z
dc.date.available	2006-06-08T06:09:15Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.description.abstract	We report an observation of a unique type of spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in three-dimensional domains of a smectic-C material consisting of achiral molecules. The observed helical structure clearly demonstrates the effect of an elastic coupling between the bend and the twist distortions in the c field. The sign and the magnitude of the coupling coefficient are determined experimentally. We also demonstrate that an external chiral bias field favors domains of one handedness.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review E, 1997, Vol.56, R4935-4938	en
dc.identifier.issn	1550-2376 (online)
dc.identifier.issn	1539-3755
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1322
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v56/pR4935	en
dc.rights	(1997) by the American Physical Society	en
dc.title	Chiral symmetry breaking in three-dimensional smectic-C liquid-crystal domains	en
dc.type	Article	en

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