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Emergence of Nanoscale Modulation in Liquid Crystals as a Result of Short-Range Order Parameter Condensation
E. I. Kats
The discovery of the twist-bend nematic phase in liquid crystals composed of bent-core and dimeric molecules has revealed an unexpected mechanism for the spontaneous formation of n…
Nonlinear electro-hydrodynamics of liquid crystals
E. S. Pikina, E. I. Kats, A. R. Muratov +1
We present nonlinear dynamic equations for nematic and smectic liquid crystals in the presence of an alternating electric field and explain their derivation in detail. The loca…
Non-Newtonian rheology in twist-bend nematic liquid crystals
E. I. Kats
In this work we present a simple qualitative model to describe shear rheological behavior of the twist-bend nematic liquid crystals. We find that at relatively low shear rate the e…
Long-range interactions between membrane inclusions: Electric field induced giant amplification of the pairwise potential
E. S. Pikina, A. R. Muratov, E. I. Kats +1
The aim of this work is to revisit the phenomenological theory of the interaction between membrane inclusions, mediated by the membrane fluctuations. We consider the case where the…
Landau theory for smectic-A -- hexatic-B coexistence in smectic films
E. I. Kats, V. V. Lebedev, E. S. Pikina
We explain theoretically peculiarities of the smectic A -- hexatic B equilibrium phase coexistence in a finite temperature range recently observed experimentally in free standing s…
Evidence of a first-order smectic -- hexatic transition and its proximity to tricritical point in smectic films
Ivan A. Zaluzhnyy, Ruslan P. Kurta, Nastasia Mukharamova +10
Experimental and theoretical studies of a smectic-hexatic transition in freely suspended films of 54COOBC compound are presented. X-ray investigations revealed a discontinuous firs…