Smectic layering: Landau theory for a complex-tensor order parameter

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ac80dfOpenAlexW4288069620MaRDI QIDQ5872737

Marco Mazza, Jack Paget, Tyler N. Shendruk, Una Alberti, Andrew J. Archer

Publication date: 4 January 2023

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.04310

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalssmecticLandau theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX) Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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