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cond-mat.soft2002★ 4 cited
The isotropic-cholesteric transition in liquid-crystalline gels
Robert A. Pelcovits, Robert B. Meyer
In a nematic gel, the appearance of nematic order is accompanied by a spontaneous elongation of the gel parallel to the nematic director. If such a gel is made chiral, it has a ten…
cond-mat.soft2002★ 39 cited
The electroclinic effect and modulated phases in smectic liquid crystals
Robert B. Meyer, Robert A. Pelcovits
We explore the possibility that the large electroclinic effect observed in ferroelectric liquid crystals arises from the presence of an ordered array of disclination lines and wall…