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VOLUME 75 (2002) | ISSUE 9 | PAGE 573
Two-dimensional ordering of inclusions in smectic-C films
PACS: 61.30.Jf, 82.70.Dd
Abstract
The organization of inclusions nucleated in free standing films of smectic-C (SmC) liquid crystal is investigated using polarized light microscopy. Anchoring on the inclusion boundaries induces distortions of the in-plane orientational order of the SmC phase which drive the elastic interactions between inclusions. Such interactions evidence a quadrupolar character. At low concentration, the inclusions self-organize in linear or branched chain structures while at high concentration two-dimensional patterns appear in the film.