External magnetic field-dependent tricritical points of uniaxial-to-biaxial nematic transition |
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Authors: | Lipi Nasrin E. Kabir |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Newtown Campus, Aliah University, Kolkata, India |
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Abstract: | External magnetic field-dependent behavior of tricritical points of uniaxial–biaxial nematic phase transition in a mixture of prolate and oblate molecules has been studied using the Landau phenomenological theory. Topological classification of phase diagrams in the field-temperature coordinates is performed using a sixth-order term in order parameter tensor. For both prolate and oblate molecules, the tricritical order parameters corresponding to the uniaxial–biaxial increase with the intensity of the external magnetic field. Field-induced paranematic phase has only been reported for prolate molecules, but for oblate molecules, field-induced splitting of the order parameter has been reported. |
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Keywords: | liquid crystal phase transition tricritical point biaxial nematic |
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