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Smectic Phases

Smectic Phase is a mesophase of liquid crystals characterized by a one-dimensional positional order of rod-like molecules into well-defined layers, distinguishing it from nematic and cholesteric phases by its layered structure while maintaining in-plane fluidity.

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Smectic Phase

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<i>The Physics of Liquid Crystals</i>

P. G. de Gennes, Jacques Prost, Robert A. Pelcovits · Physics Today · 1995 · 9.8K citations

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Physics of liquid crystals

Michael J. Stephen, Joseph P. Straley · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1974 · 2.6K citations

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Distinct ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals consisting of banana shaped achiral molecules

Teruki Niori, Tomoko Sekine, Junji Watanabe et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry · 1996 · 1.4K citations

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Spontaneous Formation of Macroscopic Chiral Domains in a Fluid Smectic Phase of Achiral Molecules

Darren R. Link, Giorgio Natale, Renfan Shao et al. · Science · 1997 · 1.2K citations

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Simple Molecular Model for the Smectic<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:math>Phase of Liquid Crystals

W. L. McMillan · Physical review. A, General physics · 1971 · 1K citations

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  1. HT
    Hideo Takezoe

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    106 publications · 9.2K citations

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  2. CT
    Carsten Tschierske

    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

    105 publications · 6.1K citations

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    Noel A. Clark

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    105 publications · 7.7K citations

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  4. SD
    Siegmar Diele

    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

    90 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. GP
    G. Pelzl

    Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

    74 publications · 4.8K citations

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  1. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Halle, Germany

    58 h-index

    764 publications

    39.2K citations

  2. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    56 h-index

    678 publications

    39.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    48 h-index

    600 publications

    25.5K citations

  4. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    48 h-index

    579 publications

    23.7K citations

  5. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    42 h-index

    434 publications

    34.7K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    39 h-index

    189 publications

    15.3K citations

  7. Centre de recherche Paul Pascal

    Pessac, France

    38 h-index

    278 publications

    10.1K citations

  8. Université Paris-Sud

    Orsay, France

    35 h-index

    144 publications

    6.5K citations

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  1. Liquid Crystals

    838 publications · 25.9K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 227 publications · 16.2K citations

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  3. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals

    MCLC · 321 publications · 10.7K citations

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  4. Physical review. A, General physics

    112 publications · 8.9K citations

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  5. Journal of Materials Chemistry

    165 publications · 8.9K citations

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