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Structural landscapes in geometrically frustrated smectics
- Abstract:
- A phenomenological free energy model is proposed to describe the behavior of smectic liquid crystals, an intermediate phase that exhibits orientational order and layering at the molecular scale. Advantageous properties render the functional amenable to numerical simulation. The model is applied to a number of scenarios involving geometric frustration, leading to emergent structures such as focal conic domains and oily streaks and enabling detailed elucidation of the very rich energy landscapes that arise in these problems.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.177801
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- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Journal:
- Physical Review Letters More from this journal
- Volume:
- 126
- Article number:
- 177801
- Publication date:
- 2021-04-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-03-31
- DOI:
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1079-7114
- ISSN:
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0031-9007
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1173916
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pubs:1173916
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2021-04-27
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- Copyright holder:
- American Physical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 American Physical Society
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from American Physical Society at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.177801
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