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Short-pitch and long-pitch modes as a key for the understanding of phase sequences and types of ordering in antiferroelectric smectic liquid crystals

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A novel theoretical approach is suggested for the description of phase transitions and structures observed in antiferroelectric smectic liquid crystals. Allowance is made for two possible types of ordering: short-pitch and long-pitch helical modes. The thermodynamic behavior of the material is treated as a result of the competition between these two modes. The formulated theory reproduces the main features of the experimentally observed phase sequences and structures, thus explaining their physical nature.

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  1. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 59, Moscow, 117333, Russia

    M. Gorkunov & S. Pikin

  2. Institut für Physikalische Chemie Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    S. Pikin & W. Haase

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From Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2000, pp. 81–87.

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Gorkunov, M., Pikin, S. & Haase, W. Short-pitch and long-pitch modes as a key for the understanding of phase sequences and types of ordering in antiferroelectric smectic liquid crystals. Jetp Lett. 72, 57–61 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1312011

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