Smectic A-Smectic B interface : faceting and surface free energy measurement
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 50 (24) , 3527-3534
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:0198900500240352700
Abstract
We have observed the equilibrium shape of a Smectic B monodomain in contact with a Smectic A phase and how a grain boundary deforms the Smectic B-Smectic A interface in the presence of a temperature gradient. The chosen material is the 40.8 (butyloxybenzilidene octylaniline). By using the Wulff construction and the T.L.K. model, we calculate both the surface free energy of a facet parallel to the layers and the free energy of a ledge. The existence of faces of forbidden orientations is also shown. In accord with the theoretical predictions of Herring, we observe that such a face is always unstable with respect to the formation of a hill-and-valley structureKeywords
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