| dc.contributor.author | VIJ, JAGDISH | en |
| dc.contributor.author | MANNA, UTTAM | en |
| dc.contributor.author | SONG, JANG-KUN | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-12T12:49:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-05-12T12:49:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | 2008 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Manna, U., Song, J.-K., Power, G., Vij, J.K., Effect of cell surfaces on the stability of chiral smectic- C phases, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 78, 2, 2008, 021711 - | en |
| dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
| dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The effect of surfaces on the stability of smectic-C* (SmC*) variant phases is investigated. The results obtained using dielectric spectroscopy by varying the cell thickness show that the temperature ranges of SmC<sub>alpha</sub><sup>*</sup>, SmC<sub>A</sub><sup>*</sup>(1/2), and SmC<sub>A</sub><sup>*</sup>(1/3) phases decrease with decreasing cell thickness, and the SmC<sub>A</sub><sup>*</sup>(1/3) phase is more stable than the SmC<sub>A</sub><sup>*</sup>(1/2) phase. The relative stability of any phase is found to be due to its large polar anchoring strength and low free energy compared to other phases in a cell. Experimental results are found to agree with the theory. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | SFI Grant No. 02/IN.1.I.031 is thanked for funding
the research work. One of the authors JKS thanks
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd for granting a leave of
absence from Seoul. We thank Atsuo Fukuda for fruitful discussions. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 021711 | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 78 | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2 | en |
| dc.rights | Y | en |
| dc.subject | Electronic & Electrical Engineering | en |
| dc.title | Effect of cell surfaces on the stability of chiral smectic- C phases | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
| dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
| dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/jvij | en |
| dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 58096 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.021711 | en |
| dc.identifier.rssuri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.021711 | |
| dc.contributor.sponsor | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/29914 | |
