On the surface stabilized smectic phase at very thin system

Citation
M. Yamashita et T. Miyazaki, On the surface stabilized smectic phase at very thin system, MOLEC CRYST, 367, 2001, pp. 2971-2978
Citations number
18
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Volume
367
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2971 - 2978
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The effect of the wall to the smectic layer ordering is studies at thin liq uid crystalline system by generalizing the McMillan theory on smectics. Eve ry order of smectic layers is proved not to vanish, and a crossover from a long range order to a surface sustained one is shown to occur near a bulk t ransition temperature. The dependence of transition temperature between sme ctic phase and nematic one at the parallel aligned case is obtained, where the transition temperature is determined from the global behaviour of the o rder averaged over the whole system.