Structure of planar solitons in nematic and smectic liquid crystals

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Andal, N [1 ]
Ranganath, GS [1 ]
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[1] RAMAN RES INST,BANGALORE 560080,KARNATAKA,INDIA
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10.1080/02678299608032041
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We have undertaken a theoretical study on the structure of planar solitons in nematic and smectic liquid crystals. In nematics we find a soliton solution which can be looked upon as an intertwine between two solitons. In a nematic obtained by unwinding a cholesteric and in a nematic with very high dielectric anisotropy, we have worked out energetics of solitons. A 2 pi soliton in a ferronematic or a smectic C becomes unstable due to the splay bend elastic anisotropy. The structures of pi solitons in smectic A and smectic C in the neighbourhood of a S-A-S-C phase transition have also been studied.
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