Layer buckling in smectic-A liquid crystals and two-dimensional stripe phases

Sherwin J. Singer
Phys. Rev. E 48, 2796 – Published 1 October 1993
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Abstract

Smetic-A liquid crystals and two-dimensional layered materials are observed to undergo a buckling instability when the system is subjected to dilative strain. In this work, we investigate the properties of the displacement fields for the buckling system that minimize a continuum free energy appropriate for the layered system. The key features observed in experiments are reproduced by the minimal-energy solutions, in particular, a transition from a sinusoidal to a chevron buckling profile and the accompanying increase in the buckling wavelength.

  • Received 13 April 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.48.2796

©1993 American Physical Society

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Sherwin J. Singer

  • Department of Chemistry, Ohio State Univerisity, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1173

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Vol. 48, Iss. 4 — October 1993

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