title: Macroscopic dynamics near the isotropic-smectic-A phase transition.
abstract: The hydrodynamic theory for the smectic-A phase and the isotropic phase is generalized to the macroscopic dynamics in the vicinity of the isotropic-smectic-A phase transition. The macroscopic dynamic equations are presented on the isotropic side as well as on the smectic-A side of the phase transition, incorporating the effect of an external electric field. Specific experiments to test some of the effects contained in the macroscopic dynamic equations are suggested.
authors: Theoretische Physik III, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors: H R
authors: HR
authors: Brand
authors: P K
authors: PK
authors: Mukherjee
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Pleiner