Liquid-Crystal Smectic with Six-Layer Periodic Structure
Abstract
Recently Wang et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 027801 (2010)] discovered a new polar smectic phase with six-layer period (SmC*d6). In this manuscript, we demonstrate that the theory [Phys. Rev. E 67, 041716 (2003)] based on the free energy expansion with a two-component order parameter predicted the six-layer phase, describes its structure and the phase sequence observed in experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 027801 (2010)].
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1004.0834
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1004.0834
- Bibcode:
- 2010arXiv1004.0834D
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- two pages, one figure