Influence of Pressure on Smectic A-Nematic Phase Transition
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❄️ cond-mat.soft
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pressureorderphasesmectictransitiona-nematicinducedagrees
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We propose a Landau-de Gennes phenomenological model to describe the pressure induced smectic A-nematic phase transition. The pressure induced smectic A phase transitions are discussed for varying coupling between orientational and translational order parameter. Increasing the pressure, the first order nematic-smectic A transition becomes second order at a tricritical point which agrees fairly with available experimental results.
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