Application of Continuum Smectic C Theory to Alignment Inversion Walls
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics
- Vol. 185 (1) , 47-59
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268949008038488
Abstract
In this article we derive solutions to continuum equations for smectic C liquid crystals which exhibit alignment inversion walls under the application of an externally applied magnetic field. Plots of solutions obtained numerically are presented and the behaviour of the resulting inversion walls is discussed.Keywords
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