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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Volume 546, 2011 - Issue 1: Proceedings of the 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2010) Part VII of VIII
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Chiral Systems and Phases. Macroscopic Properties

Influence of Chiral Interactions on Smectic Phases in Free-Standing Films

C. Y. Lum School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Malaysia
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L. H. Ong School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Malaysia
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M. Čepič Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 195/[1665]-201/[1671] | Published online: 16 Jun 2011
 
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Abstract

Free energy of thin smectic films in an antiferroelectric system is analyzed within the discrete phenomenological model. The effect of chirality within the region of uniplanar structures and on the structure is studied. As a result the regions with less tilted surface layers widen and uniplanar structures transform into wound structures having less tilted inner layers.

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