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Smectic liquid crystals as continua with latent microstructure

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Smectic liquid crystals are quasi solids, which possess microstructure both of the material and local type (the nematic mictrostructure and the lamellae, respectively). They also exhibit phase transitions: from smectic B to smectic A, to nematic, to isotrtopic liquid (see [1], Ch. 7). Their study, though special, might show up general advantages and drawbacks of different types of mathematical models. Here, while intent on proving the property announced in the title, we set forth the groundwork for the continuum model (see, in a more specific and concrete mode [2]).

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I cristalli liquidi smettici sono quasi-solidi che possiedono una microstruttura sia di tipo materiale che locale (la microstruttura nematica e le lamelle, rispettivamente). Essi esibiscono anche transizioni di fase: smettici B a smettici A, a nematici, a liquidi isotropi. Il loro studio, sebbene speciale, potrebbe evidenziare vantaggi generali e difetti di vari tipi di modelli matematici. Qui, nel provare la proprietà annunciata nel titolo, si prepara il lavoro di base per il modello continue.

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Capriz, G. Smectic liquid crystals as continua with latent microstructure. Meccanica 30, 621–627 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01557089

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