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This paper reports the results of calculating the disjoining pressure and average thickness of smectic layers in free-standing liquid-crystal films heated above the temperature of breakdown of the smectic order in the bulk of the mesogens. The effect of the disjoining pressure on the reflectivity of free-standing smectic-A films with different numbers of smectic layers has been studied. The results of the calculations agree with the experimental study of the reflectivity of free-standing smectic-A films in the optical wavelength range.
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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 43, No. 5, 2001, pp. 918–925.
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Mirantsev, L.V. Disjoining pressure in free-standing smectic-A films and its influence on their reflectivity. Phys. Solid State 43, 955–962 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1371384
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