A simple molecular model for N-SmAd-NdRe-N1Re-SmA1 phase sequence in highly polar compounds

dc.contributor.author	Govind, A.S.
dc.contributor.author	Madhusudana, N.V.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-15T07:13:09Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-15T07:13:09Z
dc.date.issued	2000-01
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.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.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Liquid Crystals, 2000, Vol.27, p215 - 218	en
dc.identifier.issn	0267-8292
dc.identifier.issn	1366-5855 (Online)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2887
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026782900203001	en
dc.rights	2000 Taylor & Francis	en
dc.title	A simple molecular model for N-SmAd-NdRe-N1Re-SmA1 phase sequence in highly polar compounds	en
dc.type	Article	en

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