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==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.
<ref>[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)]</ref>
*[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)]
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2013.11.001 Prabir K. Mukherjee "Isotropic to smectic-A phase transition: A review", Journal of Molecular Liquids (In Press) (2013)]</ref>


==Smectic B phase==
==Smectic B phase==
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==Smectic F phase==
==Smectic F phase==
==References==
==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)]
;Related reading
#[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)]
*[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]]
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