Stabilizing the blue phases.

We present an investigation of the phase diagram of cholesteric liquid crystals within the framework of Landau-de Gennes theory. The free energy is modified to incorporate all three Frank elastic constants and to allow for a temperature dependent pitch in the cholesteric phase. It is found that the...

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Autors principals: Alexander, G, Yeomans, J
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2006