Modulated structures in bent-core liquid crystals: two faces of one phase.
The Landau-de Gennes type continuous model is used to describe the 2D modulated structures made of bent-core liquid crystals. It is shown that modulation is a direct consequence of the chiral symmetry breaking. Structures with synclinic and anticlinic layer tilt are found to coexist in the polarization modulated and layer undulated (PM-LU) liquid crystal phase. The synclinic PM-LU structure corresponds to the columnar B(1RevTilted) phase. Experimentally obtained electron density maps are included, which support theoretical findings.
Vaupotic
Natasa
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Copic
Martin
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Gorecka
Ewa
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Pociecha
Damian
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