Different kinds of smectic B phases

✍ Scribed by A. de Vries

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 627 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(74)80066-7

✦ Synopsis

Smectic B phases are divided into three subgoups, Bt , Ba, and Ba. The characteristics of these subgoups are as follows. Br: optirdly cniasial, molecules perpendicular to smcctic planes, and order within the layers. Ba: optically biaxial, molecules tilted with respect to planes, order within the layers, and possibly also order between the layers. Ba: optically uniaxial, molecules apparently tilted with respect to planes, and layers probably free to rotate on each