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Shear-induced melting of smectic-A liquid crystals

Shear-induced melting of smectic-A liquid crystals
Shear-induced melting of smectic-A liquid crystals
A numerical and analytical analysis of shear-induced melting in smectic-A liquid crystals is presented. Based on a Landau expansion of the complex smectic order parameter, equations governing the phase and amplitude of the local density modulation are found. Numerically solving these equations indicates that for a range of parameter values a first-order transition, from a shear-stressed to a more relaxed state, is periodically encountered as the total shear is increased. Suitable approximations allow the analytic determination of certain characteristics of this first-order transition.
1539-3755
5064-5080
Mottram, N.J.
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Sluckin, T.J.
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Elston, S.J.
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Towler, M.J.
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Mottram, N.J.
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Sluckin, T.J.
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Elston, S.J.
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Towler, M.J.
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Mottram, N.J., Sluckin, T.J., Elston, S.J. and Towler, M.J. (2000) Shear-induced melting of smectic-A liquid crystals. Physical Review E, 62 (4), 5064-5080. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5064).

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A numerical and analytical analysis of shear-induced melting in smectic-A liquid crystals is presented. Based on a Landau expansion of the complex smectic order parameter, equations governing the phase and amplitude of the local density modulation are found. Numerically solving these equations indicates that for a range of parameter values a first-order transition, from a shear-stressed to a more relaxed state, is periodically encountered as the total shear is increased. Suitable approximations allow the analytic determination of certain characteristics of this first-order transition.

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Published date: 2000

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Local EPrints ID: 29577
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29577
ISSN: 1539-3755
PURE UUID: 55abbded-aea3-4ee9-9155-0aa66974d4e8
ORCID for T.J. Sluckin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-0061

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Date deposited: 19 Jul 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:32

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Author: N.J. Mottram
Author: T.J. Sluckin ORCID iD
Author: S.J. Elston
Author: M.J. Towler

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