Phase Diagram for Liquid Crystals

F. T. Lee; H. T. Tan; Yu Ming Shih; Chia Wei Woo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.1117

Phase Diagram for Liquid Crystals

F. T. Lee^*
, H. T. Tan
, Yu Ming Shih
, Chia Wei Woo

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Using a modified form of the model potential proposed by Kobayashi and McMillan to account for spatial ordering in liquid crystals, we calculate via mean-field theory a phase diagram and thermodynamic properties for liquid crystals including the isotropic, nematic, and smectic-A phases. The results, as expected on purely physical grounds, are shown to give rise to excellent qualitative and quantitative agreement with experiment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1117-1120
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.1117
Publication status	Published - 1973
Externally published	Yes

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