Unusual growth of smectic A liquid crystals
| dc.contributor.author | Pratibha, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Madhusudana, N.V. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-12-21T09:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-12-21T09:25:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-03-10 | |
| dc.description.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. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Current Science, 1992, Vol. 62, p419-422. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0011-3891 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/765 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
| dc.rights | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
| dc.title | Unusual growth of smectic A liquid crystals | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |