Extension of the Hamaneh - Taylor model using the macroscopic polarization for the description of chiral smectic liquid crystals

Hassen Dhaouadi (1) , Nabila Bitri (1) , Sahbi Essid (1) , Taoufik Soltani (1) , Abdelhafidh Gharbi (1) , Jean-Paul Marcerou (2)

1 LPMM - Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Molle
2 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal

Chiral smectic liquid crystals exhibit a series of phases, including ferroelectric, antiferroelectric and ferrielectric commensurate structures as well as an incommensurate SmCalpha phase. We carried out an extension of the phenomenological model, recently presented by M. B. Hamaneh and P. L. Taylor, based upon the distorted clock model.

Mots clés: Chiral; Ferroélectrique; Smectique

Domaines: Matière Molle [cond-mat.soft]

Hassen Dhaouadi, Nabila Bitri, Sahbi Essid, Taoufik Soltani, Abdelhafidh Gharbi, et al.. Extension of the Hamaneh - Taylor model using the macroscopic polarization for the description of chiral smectic liquid crystals. Physical Review E : Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2009, 80 (3), pp.031712. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031712⟩. ⟨hal-00391615v2⟩