Journals / Turkish Journal of Physics / 1998 / Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 12
A Phase Diagram of the Nematic, Smectic A and Smectic C phases in Liquid Crystals
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Physics
- Pages
- 1087–1096
- DOI
- —
Abstract
In this study we have obtained a phase diagram for the nematic, smectic A and smectic C phases in liquid crystals. For this phase diagram we have studied two different mean field models for a mixture of liquid crystalline system. In our first model we consider the NC and AC transitions as first order, and the NA transition as a second order. In our second model we consider the NC and NA transitions as first order, and the AC transition as a second order.
Özet
In this study we have obtained a phase diagram for the nematic, smectic A and smectic C phases in liquid crystals. For this phase diagram we have studied two different mean field models for a mixture of liquid crystalline system. In our first model we consider the NC and AC transitions as first order, and the NA transition as a second order. In our second model we consider the NC and NA transitions as first order, and the AC transition as a second order.