Escape configuration lattice near the nematic-isotropic transition: tilt analogue of blue phases.
We predict the possible existence of a new phase of liquid crystals near the nematic-isotropic transition. This phase is an achiral, tilt analogue of the blue phase and is composed of a lattice of double-tilt, escape-configuration cylinders. We discuss the structure and the stability of this phase and provide an estimate of the lattice parameter.
Chakrabarti
Buddhapriya
B
Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. bchakrab@fas.harvard.edu
Hatwalne
Yashodhan
Y
Madhusudana
N V
NV
D016880:Anisotropy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D044367:Phase Transition