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Quantum Theory of Chiral Interactions in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
A. S. Issaenko, A. B. Harris, T. C. Lubensky
We study the effective chiral interaction between molecules arising from quantum dispersion interactions within a model in which a) the dominant excited states of a molecule form a…
Chirality in Liquid Crystals: from Microscopic Origins to Macroscopic Structure
T. C. Lubensky, A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien +1
Molecular chirality leads to a wonderful variety of equilibrium structures, from the simple cholesteric phase to the twist-grain-boundary phases, and it is responsible for interest…
On the Microscopic Origin of Cholesteric Pitch
A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien, T. C. Lubensky
We present a microscopic analysis of the instability of the nematic phase to chirality when molecular chirality is introduced perturbatively. We show that previously neglected shor…