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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 smectic phase has | '''Smectic''' (from the Latin ''smecticus'' - "having the properties of soap" <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smectic Merriam-Webster]</ref>). All of the smectic phases | ||
are layered, belonging to the <math>G_1^3</math> symmetry group. | |||
==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. | |||
<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> | |||
<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 C phase== | |||
The smectic-C phase has the monoclinic symmetry <math>C_{\rm 2h}</math>. | |||
==Smectic E phase== | |||
==Smectic F phase== | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | |||
;Related reading | |||
*[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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:23, 5 March 2014
Smectic (from the Latin smecticus - "having the properties of soap" [1]). All of the smectic phases are layered, belonging to the symmetry group.
Smectic A phase[edit]
In the smectic-A phase each layer is a 2-dimensional liquid, having the symmetry in the Schoenflies notation. [2] [3]
Smectic B phase[edit]
Smectic C phase[edit]
The smectic-C phase has the monoclinic symmetry .
Smectic E phase[edit]
Smectic F phase[edit]
References[edit]
- Related reading