A spin model for cholesteric liquid crystals |
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Authors: | T.C. Lubensky |
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Affiliation: | Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A spin model for cholestric liquid crystals is presented. The free energy is obtained in the mean field and from that the director correlation functions. It is found that one of the correlation functions diverges as (k32 + bk⊥4)?1 where k3 is the component of the wave-number parallel to the pitch axis, x⊥ the component perpendicular to the pitch axis and b is a constant. This divergence persists to all orders in the small parameter q0a where a is a molecular length and q0 is 2π over the pitch. This divergence implies that the cholesteric state is unstable with respect to fluctuations. |
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