Boundary Effects in Chiral Polymer Hexatics
arXiv:cond-mat/9904010 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3109
Abstract
Boundary effects in liquid-crystalline phases can be large due to long-ranged orientational correlations. We show that the chiral hexatic phase can be locked into an apparent three-dimensional N+6 phase via such effects. Simple numerical estimates suggest that the recently discovered "polymer hexatic" may actually be this locked phase.
4 pages, RevTex, 3 included eps figures