Optical Microscopy Observations and Construction of Dupin Cyclides at the Isotropic/Smectic A Phase Transition

Optical Microscopy Observations and Construction of Dupin Cyclides at the Isotropic/Smectic A Phase Transition

In this work, we are interested in the nucleation of bâtonnets at the Isotropic/Smectic A phase transition of 10CB liquid crystal. Very often, these bâtonnets are decorated with a large number of focal conics. We present here an example of a bâtonnet obtained by optical crossed polarized microscopy...

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Main Authors: Mikhael Halaby Macary, Gauthier Damême, Antoine Gibek, Valentin Dubuffet, Benoît Dupuy, Justin Picart, Roll Freddy Dimeni, Claire Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
bâtonnets
focal conical domains
Smectic A phase
Dupin cyclides
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/16/4539

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