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Flexoelastic properties of polar liquid crystals

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Structural properties of liquid crystals, such as the order parameters and the orientational, radial, and direct correlation distribution functions of polar liquid crystals 4-n-heptyloxy-4′-n-cyanobiphenyl (7OCB) and 4-n-hexyloxy-benzylidene-4′-n-aminobenzonitrile (HBAB) have been calculated using a combination of numerical simulation and statistical mechanics methods. It has been shown that the calculated values of both the Frank elastic coefficients K i (i = 1, 2, 3) corresponding to the splay, twist, and bend deformations and the flexoelectric coefficients e i (i = 1, 3) agree with the experimental data for 7OCB. The calculated values of the same coefficients for HBAB have been published for the first time.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, Ege Üniversitesi Kampüsü, 35040, Turkey

    M. Ilk Capar & A. Nar

  2. Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vasil’evskii Ostrov, Bol’shoi pr. 61, St. Petersburg, 199178, Russia

    A. V. Zakharov & A. A. Vakulenko

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Original Russian Text © M.Ilk Capar, A. Nar, A.V. Zakharov, A A. Vakulenko, 2011, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2011, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 406–411.

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Capar, M.I., Nar, A., Zakharov, A.V. et al. Flexoelastic properties of polar liquid crystals. Phys. Solid State 53, 435–441 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783411020077

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