Meta-stable nematic pre-ordering in smectic liquid crystalline phase transitions
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-06-29 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
Modeling and simulation studies using a high-order Landau-de Gennes type model for the direct isotropic/smectic-A liquid crystal transition are presented showing the existence of meta-stable nematic pre-ordering under certain conditions, in agreement with experimental observations (Tokita, M. et al. Macromolecules 2006, 39, 2021-2023)
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@article{arxiv.0904.1818,
title = {Meta-stable nematic pre-ordering in smectic liquid crystalline phase transitions},
author = {Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir and Alejandro D. Rey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1818},
year = {2009}
}
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submitted for publication in Macromolecules as a Communication to the Editor 11APR2009