Boundary Effects in Chiral Polymer Hexatics
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Boundary effects in liquid-crystalline phases can be large due to long-ranged orientational correlations. We show that the chiral hexatic phase can be locked into an apparent three-dimensional N+6 phase via such effects. Simple numerical estimates suggest that the recently discovered "polymer hexatic" may actually be this locked phase.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904010,
title = {Boundary Effects in Chiral Polymer Hexatics},
author = {Randall D. Kamien and Alex J. Levine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, RevTex, 3 included eps figures