Nematic-smectic phase transition: Difference between revisions

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There seems to be an analogy between the [[nematic phase |nematic]]-[[Smectic phases |smectic A]] phase transition and the normal to superconducting
phase transition (Refs. 3 and 4).
==References==
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi "Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals", Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals '''13''' pp. 137-148 (1971)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407108084959 Kenji K. Kobayashi "Theory of Translational and Orientational Melting with Application to Liquid Crystals", Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals '''13''' pp. 137-148 (1971)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan "Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals", Physical Review A '''4''' pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.4.1238 W. L. McMillan "Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic A Phase of Liquid Crystals", Physical Review A '''4''' pp. 1238 - 1246 (1971)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.292 B. I. Halperin, T. C. Lubensky and Shang-keng Ma "First-Order Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Smectic-A Liquid Crystals", Physical Review Letters '''32''' pp. 292-295 (1974)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-1098(74)90411-6 B. I. Halperin and T. C. Lubensky "On the analogy between smectic a liquid crystals and superconductors", Solid State Communications  '''14''' pp. 997-1001 (1974)]
[[category: liquid crystals]]
[[category: liquid crystals]]

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