ar X iv : c on d - m at / 9 51 21 63 v 2 1 J an 1 99 6 Chiral Fluctuations and Structures

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  • T. C. Lubensky
  • Randall D. Kamien
  • Holger Stark
چکیده

Chiral molecules form a number of non-chiral structures, the simplest being an isotropic fluid phase. In a mesophase of achiral molecules the fluctuations will on average be achiral as well: left-handed twists and right-handed twists will occur with the same probability. In a system composed of chiral molecules, however, the fluctuations will be biased in one direction or the other, and there will be optical effects such as a non-zero fluctuation induced rotary power in addition to the molecular rotary power of the individual molecules. We discuss this effect in a number of contexts, including lyotropic lamellar phases. When the tendency to twist is strong enough or the line energy of having an exposed edge is small enough, a new, defect riddled ground state of a lyotropic lamella, akin to the Renn-Lubensky twist-grain-boundary phase of thermotropic smectics, can occur.

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تاریخ انتشار 1995