Memory effect in a nematic-smectic phase transition in a sample with an inhomogeneous temperature
Kapustin A. P., Pikin S. A.
A homogeneous deformation of a nematic layer near the phase transition to a smectic A crystal leads to an inhomogeneous flow of the liquid crystal, to an inhomogeneous orientational deformation, and to the "memorization" of this deformation upon uniform cooling of a sample along which a constant temperature gradient is maintained.
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![](/ps/1506/article_23021_800_head.png "A homogeneous deformation of a nematic layer near the phase transition to a smectic <i>A </i>crystal leads to an inhomogeneous flow of the liquid crystal, to an inhomogeneous orientational deformation, and to the "memorization" of this deformation upon uniform cooling of a sample along which a constant temperature gradient is maintained.")