Brochard-Leger wall in liquid crystals
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 34 (6) , 5179-5182
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.34.5179
Abstract
Theoretical problems related to the Brochard-Leger wall in liquid crystals have been further explained. It has been shown that there exists a critical region in liquid crystals beyond which the Brochard-Leger wall does not exist. The relaxation behavior of the wall has been discussed, and the relaxation time has been calculated. The speed of the Brochard-Leger wall has been investigated for the case for which the tilt angle of the external field is equal to a critical angle.Keywords
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