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Phase Transitions
A Multinational Journal
Volume 66, 1998 - Issue 1-4
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Invited review

The mean field model with P2θ2 coupling for the smectic A-smectic C* phase transition in liquid crystals

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Pages 259-270 | Received 08 May 1997, Published online: 01 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

Using mean field theory with a P2θ2 coupling term in the free energy expansion, we calculate the polarization as a function of temperature for the smectic A-smectic C* phase transition in a liquid crystalline material. Our calculated polarization values are in good agreement with the experimental data.

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