The phase transition between chiral nematic and smectic \(A^*\) liquid crystals
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The phase transition between chiral nematic and smectic \(A^*\) liquid crystals
zbMATH Open document ID: 1032.76007
author: M. Carme Calderer
author: Chun Liu
author: Patricia Bauman
author: Daniel Phillips
published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
publication date: 2003-03-13T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76A15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35Q56
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82D30
zbMATH DE Number: 1882105
zbMATH Keywords: Landau-de Gennes free energy
zbMATH Keywords: material constants
zbMATH Keywords: Frank constants
zbMATH Keywords: existence of minimizers
zbMATH Keywords: layer formation
zbMATH Keywords: twist
zbMATH Keywords: superconducting materials
zbMATH Keywords: Ginzburg-Landau theory
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00205-002-0223-8
OpenAlex ID: W2123896152
DOI: 10.1007/S00205-002-0223-8
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1882105