Abstract
A recent theory of two-dimensional melting is applied to freely suspended liquid-crystal films with a tilt degree of freedom. As many as seven distinct phases are possible, including those we identify with smectic-, -, -, and - liquid crystals. Some of these phases may survive when stacked to form bulk smectics.
- Received 10 September 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.21.5312
©1980 American Physical Society
