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Abstract
The role of dislocations in the deformation or flow of lamellar-phase liquid crystals is critically examined in the light of two studies. In the first, dislocation climb is directly observed under a compression normal to the layers. Two regimes of climb are evidenced. In the second study, lamellar phases are sheared in a rotating rheometer. Gliding screw dislocations carry a vorticity tensor component, which counterbalances plastically the applied vorticity. The similarities and differences between dislocation processes in solid and lamellar liquid crystals are discussed.
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† These oily streaks are characteristic of the smectic phase; for further details, see Citation14.