Structure of planar solitons in nematic and smectic liquid crystals

dc.contributor.author	Narayanan, Andal
dc.contributor.author	Ranganath, G S
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-15T07:03:00Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-15T07:03:00Z
dc.date.issued	1996-03
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We have undertaken a theoretical study on the structure of planar solitons in nematic and smectic liquid crystals. In nematics we find a soliton solution which can be looked upon as an intertwine between two solitons. In a nematic obtained by unwinding a cholesteric and in a nematic with very high dielectric anisotropy, we have worked out energetics of solitons. A 2b.pi soliton in a ferronematic or a smectic C becomes unstable due to the splay bend elastic anisotropy. The structures of b.pi solitons in smectic A and smectic C in the neighbourhood of a SA-SC phase transition have also been studied.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Liquid Crystals, 1996, Vol.20, p321 - 330	en
dc.identifier.issn	0267-8292
dc.identifier.issn	1366-5855 (Online)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2877
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678299608032041	en
dc.rights	1996 Taylor & Francis	en
dc.title	Structure of planar solitons in nematic and smectic liquid crystals	en
dc.type	Article	en

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