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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…