Ramaswamy, Sriram (1992) Shear-Induced Collapse of the Dilute Lamellar Phase. In: Physical Review Letters, 69 (1). pp. 112-115.
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Abstract
I show that a dilute, sterically stabilized lyotropic smectic liquid crystal, subjected to a sufficiently large velocity gradient in the plane of the layers, will undergo a phase separation, with regions of reduced layer spacing coexisting with regions devoid of any layer material. The critical shear rate for this transition should go as $(layer spacing)^{-3}$.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Physical Review Letters |
Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to American Physical Society. |
Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies (Ceased to exist at the end of 2003) Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics |
Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2006 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:30 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/8135 |
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