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A homeotropically oriented smectic-A film on the surface of a solid substrate with a periodic microrelief is considered. Relationships are derived for describing the dependences of the microrelief-induced deformation of the free surface of the film on the film thickness, the temperature, and the external magnetic (electric) field strength. It is shown that, for a specific choice of the microrelief shape on the substrate surface, a variation in the sample temperature and the external magnetic (electric) field strength makes it possible to control not only the microrelief depth but also the shape of the microrelief formed on the free surface of the smectic-A film.
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Original Russian Text © L.V. Mirantsev, 2008, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2008, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 1327–1331.
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Mirantsev, L.V. Microrelief dependent on the temperature and external field on the free surface of a smectic-A liquid crystal. Phys. Solid State 50, 1381–1385 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408070317
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408070317