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[[Image:smectic_fused.png|Smectic phase of the fused hard sphere model. |thumb|right]] | [[Image:smectic_fused.png|Smectic phase of the fused hard sphere model. |thumb|right]] | ||
'' | The work ''smectic'' comes from the Greek for soap (<math>\sigma \mu \acute{\eta} \gamma \mu \alpha</math>). All of the smectic phases | ||
are layered, belonging to the <math>G_1^3</math> symmetry group. | are layered, belonging to the <math>G_1^3</math> symmetry group. | ||
==Smectic A phase== | ==Smectic A phase== | ||
In the smectic-A phase each layer is a 2-dimensional liquid, having the symmetry <math>D_\infty</math> in the Schoenflies notation. | In the smectic-A phase each layer is a 2-dimensional liquid, having the symmetry <math>D_\infty</math> in the Schoenflies notation. | ||
==Smectic B phase== | ==Smectic B phase== | ||
==Smectic C phase== | ==Smectic C phase== | ||
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==Smectic F phase== | ==Smectic F phase== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Physics/MaterialsScience/?view=usa&ci=9780198517856 Pierre-Gilles De Gennes and J. Prost "Physics of Liquid Crystals" (1995)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200500472 Jan P. F. Lagerwall and Frank Giesselmann "Current Topics in Smectic Liquid Crystal Research", ChemPhysChem '''7''' pp. 20-45 (2006)] | |||
[[category: liquid crystals]] | [[category: liquid crystals]] |