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cond-mat.soft2008★ 31 cited
De Vries Behavior in Smectics near a Biaxiality Induced Smectic A - Smectic C Tricritical Point
Karl Saunders
We show that a generalized Landau theory for the smectic A and C phases exhibits a biaxiality induced AC tricritical point. Proximity to this tricritical point depends on the degre…
cond-mat.soft2006★ 52 cited
Disordering to Order: de Vries behavior from a Landau theory for smectics
Karl Saunders, Daniel Hernandez, Staci Pearson +1
We show that Landau theory for the isotropic, nematic, smectic A, and smectic C phases generically, but not ubiquitously, implies de Vries behavior. I.e., a continuous AC transitio…