Systematics of wetting and layering phenomena in smectic materials

Z. Pawlowska, T. J. Sluckin, and G. F. Kventsel
Phys. Rev. A 38, 5342 – Published 1 November 1988
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Abstract

A lattice model is used to investigate the surface behavior of smectic fluids close to the onset of smectic ordering. At the smectic-isotropic interface the nematic features of the smectic phase persist further into the bulk isotropic phase than the strictly smectic features. At the isotropic-vapor interface we find the possibility of a series of first-order layering transitions, each involving the addition of a smectic layer, in line with recent experimental results. However, at the nematic-vapor interface surface smectic order, if it exists, grows smoothly without layering transitions.

  • Received 16 March 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.38.5342

©1988 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Z. Pawlowska

  • Department of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel

T. J. Sluckin

  • Department of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
  • Institut Laue-Langevin, Boîte Postale No. 156X, 38042 Grenoble Cédex, France

G. F. Kventsel

  • Department of Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel

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Vol. 38, Iss. 10 — November 1988

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