Fluctuation forces and the devil's staircase of ferro/antiferroelectric smectic C*'S
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- theory
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ferroelectrics
- Vol. 148 (1) , 25-29
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00150199308019927
Abstract
We propose a mechanism for the long range interaction needed to explain the occurance of a “Devil's staircase” in smectic C* materials at the ferroelectric antiferroelectric transition point.Keywords
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