Pretransitional phenomena and pinning in liquid-crystalline blue phases.

作者: E. Demikhov , H. Stegemeyer , V. Tsukruk

DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVA.46.4879

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摘要: Blue phases (BP's) in liquid-crystalline systems of high chirality exhibiting a short cholesteric temperature interval are investigated. In BP I supercooled with respect to the phase, orientation cubic lattice (1,1,0) wave vector perpendicular substrate is spontaneously turned [200] within small areas several tenths micrometers diameter. A pinning waves observed on orientational inhomogeneities

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