Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2136–2139 (1989)Novel liquid-crystal phase-transition behavior at the chiral nematic–smectic-A–smectic-C pointSee Also: Erratum Received 21 December 1988; published in the issue dated 1 May 1989 New phenomenology of the chiral nematic (N), smectic-A (A), ferroelectric smectic-C (C) point (NAC) is reported in a binary mixture of two chiral components. We find a tricritical point on the AC phase-transition line which is displaced from the NAC point, and an NA line which is first order. At the NAC point all three transitions (NA,AC,NC) are first order, making it a triple point. The results suggest ways to generate a variety of additional new NAC behavior. © 1989 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2136
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2136
PACS:
64.70.Md, 61.30.Eb
See AlsoErratum: D. S. Parmar, N. A. Clark, D. M. Walba, and M. D. Wand, Novel Liquid-Crystal Phase-Transition Behavior at the Chiral Nematic-Smectic-A-Smectic-C Point, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 104 (1989). |
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