The Structure of TGBC Phases
Abstract
We study the transition from the cholesteric phase to two TGBC phases near the upper critical twist kc2: the Renn-Lubensky TGBC phase, with layer normal rotating in a plane perpendicular to the pitch axis, and the Bordeaux TGBC phase, with the layer normal rotating on a cone parallel to the pitch axis. We calculate properties, including order-parameter profiles, of both phases.
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