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J. Phys. II France
Volume 1, Numéro 11, November 1991
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| Page(s) | 1363 - 1373 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp2:1991145 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1991145
J. Phys. II France 1 (1991) 1363-1373
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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J. Phys. II France 1 (1991) 1363-1373
Dynamics of tilted hexatic phases in liquid-crystal films
Jonathan V. SelingerDepartment of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
(Received 16 November 1990, revised 29 July 1991, accepted 1 August 1991)
Abstract
We develop a theory for the dynamics of tilted hexatic phases in liquid-crystal films. A renormalization-group analysis gives
exponents for the softening of the optical-mode relaxation rate near the hexatic-to-hexatic transitions. These exponents may
be observable in experiments on thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals.
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