Molecular ordering in the smectic-phase in the molecular-field approximation
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 18 (3) , 1261-1265
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.18.1261
Abstract
The smectic- to smectic- transition is discussed in terms of an orientational intermolecular potential recently suggested by Meyer. Within the framework of the molecular-field approximation the transition temperature is obtained from the lowest eigenvalue of an Hermitian matrix, and the ordered state below it is described by the corresponding eigenvector. A condition is found for which the experimentally observed herringbone structure is the most stable one.
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